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Asteroid Probe Will Return to Earth 3 Years Later Than Scheduled

Irani — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:08:42 +0000

The attempt to bring back the first ever rock samples from an asteroid has failed severely. And the Japanese space probe will likely stay in space for three years longer than planned, Japan’s space agency informed. The probe apparently...

First-ever Asteroid Sampling Mission 'Probably' Failed

Irani — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:28:14 +0000

With all efforts and perseverance, the Japanese still failed to collect the first-ever samples from an asteroid, even after collecting it. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) seems to be losing all hopes of the mission being successful....

Japanese Probe Hit by Technical Fault After Asteroid Mission

Irani — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:44:25 +0000

After a series of alternate successes and failures, the Hayabusa probe was claimed to have collected samples from the Itokawa asteroid. It was the first probe ever to collect samples from an asteroid. I did not go wrong with the tense when I...

Space-probe Collects First Samples from Asteroid

Irani — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 06:58:11 +0000

At last the operation went without failure. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s space probe was successful. The Hayabusa spaceprobe has snatched samples from the asteroid Itokawa, according to JAXA. At 0707 Japanese time (2207 GMT...

At Last Hayabusa Touched Asteroid Itokawa

Irani — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 06:23:30 +0000

It was on a mission to bring back the world’s first rock samples from an asteroid. Yes, it was, as the Japanese space probe failed to touch down on Sunday on its target nearly 300 million km (186 million miles) from earth. But, scientists...

Japanese Probe Fails to Land on Asteroid

Irani — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:06:50 +0000

Japan Lost Link With Asteroid Robot Minerva

Irani — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:02:39 +0000

It was on 9 of this month, Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft successfully completed a practice approach to asteroid Itokawa. With all disappointment, Japan’s space agency has lost contact with the robotic probe, according to a BBC report. The...

Japan's Hayabusa Approached Asteroid Itokawa

Irani — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 23:47:13 +0000

After the disappointing failure of 4 November, the Japanese astronauts did not lose heart. It was on 9 of this month, Japan’s Hayabusa spacecraft successfully completed a practice approach to asteroid Itokawa. Dates for three more rendezvous...

Hayabusa's Current Status and Scheduled Events

Irani — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:08:21 +0000

Hayabusa has performed well. Arriving at the target asteroid Itokawa on September 12th of this year it has made detailed scientific observation so far by varying its relative position around Itokawa. Though Hayabusa’s two reaction wheels were...