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Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, and a gray and blue TVO Kids hooded sweatshirt.

Daniel says WELCOME BACK TO TVO K NEWS.

On a screen behind him appears a picture of an asteroid with the caption "Rover Landings."

Daniel says SO, LAST SATURDAY
JAPAN MADE HISTORY
BY SUCCESSFULLY LANDING
TWO ROVERS ON AN ASTEROID.
SO LET'S BREAK IT DOWN.
THE JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY,
JAXA,
LANDED TWO UNMANNED
MOBILE EXPLORATION ROBOTS
ON THE ASTEROID RYUGU.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EVER
THAT THIS TYPE OF ROVER
HAS LANDED ON THE SURFACE
OF AN ASTEROID.
AND ACCORDING TO
A JAXA STATEMENT
THE TWO ROVERS ARE IN
GOOD CONDITION
AND ARE TRANSMITTING
IMAGES AND DATA.
BUT WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
WELL, THIS 1 KILOMETRE-WIDE,
DIAMOND-SHAPED SPACE ROCK
IS SAID TO BE RICH IN WATER
AND OTHER ORGANIC MATERIALS
WHICH CAN GIVE SCIENTISTS
A LOT OF INFORMATION
ABOUT THE EARTH, OCEANS,
AND LIFEFORMS.
BOTH ROVERS HAVE EQUIPMENT
DESIGNED TO HELP SCIENTISTS
COLLECT ENOUGH INFORMATION
ABOUT THE FLYING ROCK.
BUT SCIENTISTS AREN'T
STOPPING THERE.
A THIRD ROVER IS SET TO LAUNCH
EARLY IN OCTOBER.
THIS SPACECRAFT
WILL LAND ON THE ASTEROID
ONLY AFTER BLOWING
A SMALL CRATER INTO THE ROCK
SO THAT SCIENTISTS
CAN GATHER SAMPLES
FROM UNDERNEATH THE SURFACE
OF THE ASTEROID.
AND BY THE END OF 2020,
THE ROVERS WILL TRAVEL
BACK TO EARTH
WITH A TREASURE CHEST
FULL OF SPACE ROCK SAMPLES.
I KIND OF JUST WANT ONE
TO DISPLAY IN MY HOUSE.
JAXA, HOW CAN I
ARRANGE THAT?
ANYWAY, TVO KIDS,
STAY TUNED FOR MORE
TVO K NEWS UP NEXT.

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