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Fig. 2

From: The Earth, Planets and Space Special Issue: “Science of solar system materials examined from Hayabusa and future missions”

Fig. 2

An artist view of the Hayabusa spacecraft just a moment before the touchdown on the surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa for sampling with the horn-shaped sampler (Ikeshita/MEF/JAXA-ISAS). Actual result was that the impact sampling failed to shoot the projectile for excavating the surface materials and collecting part of them into the sample catcher, but only the dusts floating around there were obtained and consequently returned to Earth

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