Hayabusa update
It's a waiting game for the plucky Japanese probe.
Published:
January 23, 2006
| The daring Hayabusa mission to collect samples from asteroid Itokawa is now hovering above its target, unable to hold its attitude or even maintain constant communication with Earth. This situation has kept the mission team from identifying the cause of Hayabusa's malfunction, which complicates any measures controllers take to regain attitude control. |
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