Hayabusa Sample-Return Capsule

Connections

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Related entities

• Space mission

  Hayabusa

  Hayabusa was the first mission to return a sample from an asteroid, the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa.

• Sample-return capsule

  Hayabusa2 Sample-Return Capsule

  The reentry capsule that returned Hayabusa2's 5.4 g of Ryugu material, recovered in the Australian desert while the spacecraft continued on to an extended mission.

• Sample-return capsule

  OSIRIS-REx Sample-Return Capsule

  The capsule that delivered 121.6 g of asteroid Bennu to Earth, released by OSIRIS-REx on a flyby before the spacecraft diverted toward Apophis.

• Sample-return capsule

  Stardust Sample-Return Capsule

  The capsule that returned Stardust's aerogel trays of comet Wild 2 dust — the first sample-return capsule to bring material back from beyond the Moon.

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• Asteroid25143 ItokawaLinked through Hayabusa
• Mission milestoneFirst Asteroid Sample ReturnLinked through Hayabusa
• Mission programHayabusa programLinked through Hayabusa
• Timeline eventHayabusa Samples Asteroid ItokawaLinked through Hayabusa
• Returned sampleItokawa Sample (Hayabusa)Linked through Hayabusa
• OrganizationJAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)Linked through Hayabusa

Sources & references

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• JAXAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency

  Japanese missions (Hayabusa, Akatsuki) and space science.