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Hayabusa was a robotic spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis. Hayabusa, formerly known as MUSES-C for Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft C, was launched on 9 May 2003 and rendezvoused with Itokawa in mid-September 2005. After arriving at Itokawa, Hayabusa studied the asteroid's shape, spin, topography, color, composition, density, and history. In November 2005, it landed on the asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft on 13 June 2010.

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2003 — 2010  Wikimedia, Wikidata
MUSES-C, Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft C
space probe, sample-return mission, M-V, 

• Scott Manley page^@ The Crazy Story Of Japan's First Asteroid Mission
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

2010-06-13T00:00:00Z

2003 — 2010 Hayabusa

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

2003-05-09T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2010-06-13T00:00:00Z

2010-06-13T00:00:00Z

atmospheric entry

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Frameless

Hayabusa(Muses-C) sampling

Hayabusa(Muses-C) sampling

Hayabusa hover

Hayabusa hover

Hayabusa Reentry (18426076679)

Hayabusa-6

Hayabusa-5

Hayabusa-Minerva2

Hayabusa-Minerva1

NEC Microwave Ion Engine at Kobe International Conference Center 20150704

• Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin, Issue 104 - issue published in 2005, English, online
• Thermal observations of MUSES-C mission target (25143) 1998 SF36 - scientific article published in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Q1860, 2002, online
• The Falcon and the Asteroid: Sumo Wrestling in Space - magazine article from 'Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin' published in 2005, English

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Scott Manley page@	The Crazy Story Of Japan's First Asteroid Mission	Wikidata
commons	image		Hayabusa(Muses-C) sampling		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa(Muses-C) sampling		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa hover		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa hover		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa Reentry (18426076679)		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa-6		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa-5		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa-Minerva2		Commons
commons	image		Hayabusa-Minerva1		Commons
commons	image		NEC Microwave Ion Engine at Kobe International Conference Center 20150704		Commons