Hayabusa

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A computer rendering of Hayabusa above Itokawa's surface

Hayabusa (はやぶさcode: ja is deprecated , literally, "Peregrine Falcon") is the name of a Japanese spacecraft which was sent into space to collect a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa.

The mission was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of the University of Tokyo.

Hayabusa was sent into space on May 9, 2003.^[1] In November 2005, it landed on the asteroid. The mission was successfully completed in June 2010 when the spacecraft returned to earth in June 2010.^[2]

Mission

Hayabusa studied Itokawa's shape, spin, topography, colour, composition, density, and history. The Hayabusa mission was the first time that an attempt was made to bring an asteroid dust sample to earth for analysis.^[3]

In popular culture

Three different feature-length films are being made about the Hayabusa mission.^[4]

Hayabusa Media

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Denis J. P. Moura (left) and Junichiro Kawaguchi (right) at the 2010 International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
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The half-scale model of Hayabusa at the IAC in 2010
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The replica of the re-entry capsule exhibited at JAXAi (closed on 28 December 2010)
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Animation of Hayabusa's trajectory returning from Itokawa to Earth. Hayabusa Itokawa · Earth · Sun
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The glowing return capsule is seen forward of and below the parent Hayabusa probe bus as the latter breaks up.
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The re-entry seen from the Woomera Test Range
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Hayabusa reentry from Ames Research 2010-06-13

References

↑ JAXA, "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.
↑ Ryall, Julian. "Asteroid Probe Set to 'Collide' With Earth," National Geographic, 11 June 2009; retrieved 2012-4-24.
↑ Amos, Jonathan. "Hayabusa asteroid-sample capsule recovered in Outback," BBC News, 14 June 2010; "Two-Way Asteroid Trip Takes Off," Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Astrobiology Magazine, May 12, 2003; retrieved 2012-4-24.
↑ Shoji, Kaori. "In a galaxy not so far away....," Archived 2011-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Japan Times, 23 September 2011; Nishida, Kensaku. 映画「はやぶさ」３社競う　足踏み日本、自信回復の願い (Film 'Hayabusa', 3 companies compete), Asahi shinbun, 12 July 2011; retrieved 2012-4-24.

Other websites

16x16px Media related to Hayabusa at Wikimedia Commons

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),Hayabusa (Muses-C) mission profile Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] JAXA, "Catalogue of ISAS Missions" Archived 2014-12-31 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-4-2.

[2] Ryall, Julian. "Asteroid Probe Set to 'Collide' With Earth," National Geographic, 11 June 2009; retrieved 2012-4-24.

[3] Amos, Jonathan. "Hayabusa asteroid-sample capsule recovered in Outback," BBC News, 14 June 2010; "Two-Way Asteroid Trip Takes Off," Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Astrobiology Magazine, May 12, 2003; retrieved 2012-4-24.

[4] Shoji, Kaori. "In a galaxy not so far away....," Archived 2011-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Japan Times, 23 September 2011; Nishida, Kensaku. 映画「はやぶさ」３社競う　足踏み日本、自信回復の願い (Film 'Hayabusa', 3 companies compete), Asahi shinbun, 12 July 2011; retrieved 2012-4-24.

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