 An artist's rendering of Hayabusa above Itokawa's surface | |||||||||||
| Names | Muses-C (before launch) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission type | sample return | ||||||||||
| Operator | JAXA | ||||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 2003-019A | ||||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 27809 | ||||||||||
| Mission duration | 7 years, 1 month and 4 days | ||||||||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||
| Launch mass | 510 kg[1] | ||||||||||
| Dry mass | 380 kg (840 lb) | ||||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||||
| Launch date | 04:29:25, 9 May 2003 (UTC) | ||||||||||
| Rocket | M-V | ||||||||||
| Launch site | Uchinoura Space Center | ||||||||||
| End of mission | |||||||||||
| Disposal | sample return capsule: recovered spacecraft: ballistic reentry Minerva and rover: lost contact | ||||||||||
| Last contact | Minerva: 12 November 2005 | ||||||||||
| Recovery date | sample capsule: 07:08, 14 June 2010 | ||||||||||
| Decay date | spacecraft: 13 June 2010 | ||||||||||
| Landing date | sample capsule: 13 June 2010 14:12 UT[2] | ||||||||||
| Landing site | near Woomera, Australia | ||||||||||
| Flyby of Earth | |||||||||||
| Closest approach | 06:23, 19 May 2004 | ||||||||||
| Distance | 3,725 km (2,315 mi) | ||||||||||
| Rendezvous with (25143) Itokawa | |||||||||||
| Arrival date | 12 September 2005, 1:17 UTC[3] | ||||||||||
| Departure date | December 2005 | ||||||||||
| (25143) Itokawa lander | |||||||||||
| Landing date | 19 November 2005, 21:30 UTC | ||||||||||
| Return launch | 19 November 2005, 21:58 UTC | ||||||||||
| (25143) Itokawa lander | |||||||||||
| Landing date | 25 November 2005 | ||||||||||
| Sample mass | <1g | ||||||||||
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Hayabusa (Japanese: はやぶさ, "Peregrine falcon") 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.
The spacecraft also carried a detachable minilander, MINERVA, which failed to reach the surface.
- ^ "Hayabusa". NASA's Solar System Exploration website. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration". 20 September 2018.
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