Hayabusa Mission

[yurkin]

Hayabusa closes in.<br />I keep forgetting about this mission. Its just 97000 km away from Itokawa. Does anyone know when we’re going to be getting the first pictures back or when the landing is expected to take place? I can’t seem to find much on the Jaxa website regarding this.<br />

 

[JonClarke]

See the ever-useful encyclopedia astronautica http://astronautix.com/craft/hayabusa.htm<br /><br />A great mission.<br /><br />Jon <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Whether we become a multi-planet species with unlimited horizons, or are forever confined to Earth will be decided in the twenty-first century amid the vast plains, rugged canyons and lofty mountains of Mars</em>  Arthur Clarke</p> </div>