[meteorite-list] Hayabusa Fails to Land on Asteroid Itokawa

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Nov 20 03:38:34 2005
Message-ID: <200511200837.jAK8b6A27449_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=4&id=356004

Space probe Hayabusa fails to land on asteroid Itokawa
Japan Today
November 20, 2005

TOKYO - The space probe Hayabusa failed to land on the asteroid Itokawa,
located about 290 million kilometers away from the Earth, Japan's space
agency said Sunday. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said data
received from the space probe indicates that it has not landed on the
asteroid.

The agency earlier said the spacecraft, which temporarily lost contact
with it, may have faced some sort of operational trouble. The probe
dropped a ball with a reflecting plate as a landing target from about 40
meters above the asteroid around 5:30 a.m. Japan time Sunday before the
planned landing, according to the agency.
Received on Sun 20 Nov 2005 03:37:06 AM PST