Hayabusa Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

9 May 2003, 4:29am

Pad

Mu Center

Launch Service Provider

Vehicle

Mission

Hayabusa

Mission Type

Astrophysics

Destination

Asteroid Lander

MUSES-C (renamed Hayabusa after launch) is a sample return mission to the asteroid. Its primary goal is to acquire and verify technology which is necessary to retrieve samples from a small body in the solar system and to bring back them to the earth.

Updated: Feb 15, 10:32pm UTC

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