Hayabusa Program
Hayabusa was a JAXA asteroid sample-return program launched on 9 May 2003. It reached asteroid Itokawa in 2005, collected material, and returned its sample capsule to Earth on 13 June 2010 while demonstrating ion propulsion, autonomous navigation, asteroid sampling, Earth swing-by, and capsule re-entry technologies.
Identity
- Aliases
- HAYABUSAMUSES-CAsteroid Explorer HayabusaItokawa Sample Return
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Hayabusa Program
- Status
- completed
- Types
- explorationscienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- Hayabusa was a JAXA asteroid sample-return program launched on 9 May 2003. It reached asteroid Itokawa in 2005, collected material, and returned its sample capsule to Earth on 13 June 2010 while demonstrating ion propulsion, autonomous navigation, asteroid sampling, Earth swing-by, and capsule re-entry technologies.
- End Date
- 2010-06-13
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2003-05-09
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:20:30 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 14:20:30 UTC