Hayabusa

*Hayabusa*
	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
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
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
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
AMICA
Instruments
AMICA	Asteroid Multiband Imaging Camera
LIDAR	Light Detection and Ranging Instrument
NIRS	Near-Infrared Spectrometer
XRS	X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer

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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[1] "Hayabusa". NASA's Solar System Exploration website. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

[2] "Beyond Earth: A Chronicle of Deep Space Exploration". 20 September 2018.

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