(from the article `Physical Sciences`) Japan`s Hayabusa probe (formerly called MUSES-C) arrived at asteroid Itokawa (named after Hideo Itokawa, Japan`s rocket pioneer) on September 12 and ... ...its coma for return to Earth. In 2003 Japan`s space agency launched its Hayabusa spacecraft to return small amounts of surface material, ... ...
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(minor planet 25143) Image of Itokawa taken by Hayabusa from a range of about 20 km A small asteroid that is the target of the Japanese Hayabusa (MUSES-C) probe – the first spacecraft to attempt to return a sample of material from an asteroid. 25143 Itokawa, also...
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