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What's Up With Hayabusa? (fka Muses-c)

hendric View Member Profile	Apr 15 2005, 05:03 AM Post #1
Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93	Anyone seen any recent updates on this? Last I saw was in December timeframe. We're so spoiled with MER now, I look at the MUSES-C website and just shake my head... -------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks -- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality.

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cIclops View Member Profile	Apr 15 2005, 06:40 AM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 133 Joined: 29-January 05 Member No.: 161	QUOTE (hendric @ Apr 15 2005, 05:03 AM) Anyone seen any recent updates on this? Last I saw was in December timeframe. We're so spoiled with MER now, I look at the MUSES-C website and just shake my head... Thanks for the reminder! It seems to be happily on its way to rendezvous with Itokawa, according to this readable NASA site. Of course it's going to do more than just rendezvous, it'll land, take a sample and return to Earth! -------------------- Videos ...

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hendric What's Up With Hayabusa? (fka Muses-c) Apr 15 2005, 05:03 AM

cIclops QUOTE (hendric @ Apr 15 2005, 05:03 AM)Anyone... Apr 15 2005, 06:40 AM

hendric QUOTE (cIclops @ Apr 15 2005, 06:40 AM)QUOTE ... Apr 20 2005, 04:29 AM

BruceMoomaw The word I've been seeing from abstracts in pl... Apr 20 2005, 10:28 AM

djellison People berrated the poor ESA Press efforst around ... Apr 20 2005, 10:37 AM

ilbasso Do you suppose the lack of news is a cultural thin... Apr 20 2005, 02:16 PM

tedstryk Hard to tell. Also, with the way things have been... Apr 21 2005, 03:12 AM

Gsnorgathon I'm having a slight flashback to the early Sov... Apr 21 2005, 07:11 AM

tedstryk True, but outright denial and claims of sabatoge a... Apr 21 2005, 07:26 PM

odave The newest issue of Sky and Telescope (June 2005) ... Apr 25 2005, 12:50 PM

tedstryk I will second that! Apr 25 2005, 01:16 PM

maycm A possible answer to the non-information here.... ... Apr 28 2005, 04:35 PM

Bob Shaw See my comments in the Manned Spaceflight thread; ... Apr 28 2005, 07:27 PM

maycm An update.... http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8131678/ Jun 13 2005, 03:59 PM

Bob Shaw That's one hard place they're in - I hope ... Jun 13 2005, 08:09 PM

djellison I cant wait to see what imagery we get from the ... Jun 13 2005, 08:12 PM

Toma B I have just find this site... Maybe they are upd... Jul 7 2005, 03:26 PM

djellison Wow - it's not far out now It's closi... Jul 7 2005, 03:40 PM

BruceMoomaw Astro-E2 has just been successfully launched: http... Jul 10 2005, 09:42 PM

deglr6328 So I guess it DID launch with some type of externa... Jul 10 2005, 10:26 PM

Stephen QUOTE (deglr6328 @ Jul 10 2005, 10:26 PM)So I... Jul 11 2005, 05:05 AM

deglr6328 Its at less than .5 earth-moon distance now. Still... Jul 15 2005, 05:09 PM

Phil Stooke The reason there are no images is simple: the aste... Jul 15 2005, 05:20 PM

djellison Yeah - this is one TINY asteroid - I think Dactyl ... Jul 15 2005, 07:15 PM

maycm I've been tracking the distance to target from... Jul 22 2005, 07:35 PM

maycm Update from the webpage indicated above. QUOTE Ha... Jul 25 2005, 03:19 PM

tedstryk I am very interested to see an asteroid of this si... Jul 25 2005, 06:57 PM

Phil Stooke This page: http://pds-smallbodies.astro.umd.edu/m... Jul 25 2005, 07:57 PM

maycm Distance to target: July 21st : 97,614Km August 1... Aug 2 2005, 12:54 PM

tedstryk This looks cool: In-situ exploration of the surfa... Aug 2 2005, 02:34 PM

Toma B ...just find this... JPL radar model of Itokawa... Aug 3 2005, 11:18 AM

tedstryk QUOTE (Toma B @ Aug 3 2005, 11:18 AM)...just ... Aug 3 2005, 03:06 PM

Phil Stooke Phil reporting from vacation la-la-land... there i... Aug 8 2005, 05:10 PM

paxdan QUOTE (Phil Stooke @ Aug 8 2005, 06:10 PM)Phi... Aug 9 2005, 07:29 PM

Phil Stooke Oh yes, I'm a tease. This shape result will b... Aug 10 2005, 06:06 PM

BruceMoomaw Given the fact that Japan has now added to its nea... Aug 10 2005, 08:17 PM

tedstryk QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Aug 10 2005, 08:17 PM)Gi... Aug 10 2005, 09:49 PM

BruceMoomaw First, all the Pioneer Moon failures were launch f... Aug 11 2005, 02:28 AM

maycm Distance to target - August 1st : 63,808km Augus... Aug 11 2005, 05:15 PM

maycm QUOTE (maycm @ Aug 11 2005, 01:15 PM)Distance... Aug 17 2005, 06:56 PM

djellison Wow - I wonder if they'll use the ion engine a... Aug 11 2005, 05:25 PM

dilo So close... Any asteroid image??????? Aug 11 2005, 05:55 PM

deglr6328 I'm confused, this is non US so is that really... Aug 11 2005, 06:24 PM

djellison No - it's really <10% of the earth-moon dis... Aug 11 2005, 11:19 PM

Myran QUOTE deglr6328 asked; I'm confused, this is n... Aug 12 2005, 02:23 AM

BruceMoomaw A new piece on the Astro-E2 failure (and it IS a f... Aug 12 2005, 04:55 AM

dilo About Hayabusa, there is an article here from Don ... Aug 12 2005, 06:30 AM

Phil Stooke I don't know anything about the Hayabusa optic... Aug 14 2005, 06:24 AM

Toma B FIRST IMAGES FROM HAYABUSA!!!!... Aug 15 2005, 10:14 AM

helvick Phil's estimate looks to have been bang on. Ne... Aug 15 2005, 11:20 AM

dilo Wow, finally informations arrived! ...cannot... Aug 15 2005, 12:45 PM

RNeuhaus I just discoverd it as an interesting project. By ... Aug 17 2005, 11:18 PM

dilo "...asteroid Itokawa located in a belt betwee... Aug 18 2005, 06:27 AM

RNeuhaus QUOTE (dilo @ Aug 18 2005, 01:27 AM) "..... Aug 18 2005, 03:47 PM

Bob Shaw Rodolfo: They're gonna shoot at the poor thin... Aug 18 2005, 08:14 AM

tedstryk Given the lack of gravity on such a small world, I... Aug 18 2005, 12:40 PM

garybeau QUOTE (tedstryk @ Aug 18 2005, 07:40 AM)Given... Aug 18 2005, 01:12 PM

djellison Do they even have a way to check if they got any m... Aug 18 2005, 01:13 PM

AndyG QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 18 2005, 01:13 PM)Do t... Aug 18 2005, 01:24 PM

paxdan QUOTE (AndyG @ Aug 18 2005, 02:24 PM)The coll... Aug 18 2005, 02:10 PM

paxdan More info about the sampling from the NSSDC Master... Aug 18 2005, 02:45 PM

djellison It's a bold mission design - you have to give ... Aug 18 2005, 02:50 PM

tedstryk Even if the sampling/landing fails, If it provides... Aug 18 2005, 02:57 PM

paxdan QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 18 2005, 03:50 PM)It... Aug 18 2005, 05:57 PM

BruceMoomaw Abstract #4024 in the new "Dust In Planetary ... Aug 20 2005, 11:17 AM

paxdan QUOTE (BruceMoomaw @ Aug 20 2005, 12:17 PM)Ha... Aug 20 2005, 02:27 PM

paxdan Well i've been doing some digging and found th... Aug 20 2005, 05:30 PM

tedstryk Cool! Aug 20 2005, 06:09 PM

Toma B Today: Distance from Itokawa : 11,320km Geting re... Aug 22 2005, 12:56 PM

Toma B Does anybody knows where can I find more Earth ima... Aug 22 2005, 06:29 PM

paxdan QUOTE (Toma B @ Aug 22 2005, 07:29 PM)Does an... Aug 22 2005, 07:10 PM

MaG I found something! http://www.jaxa.jp/mission... Aug 22 2005, 06:55 PM

paxdan QUOTE (MaG @ Aug 22 2005, 07:55 PM)I found so... Aug 22 2005, 07:21 PM

djellison Dont think much of their co-registering of the R,G... Aug 22 2005, 09:00 PM

Bob Shaw Doug: You can see my house from up there! Bo... Aug 22 2005, 09:54 PM

paxdan QUOTE (Bob Shaw @ Aug 22 2005, 10:54 PM)Doug:... Aug 22 2005, 10:42 PM

abalone QUOTE (paxdan @ Aug 23 2005, 09:42 AM)band of... Aug 23 2005, 06:29 AM

paxdan QUOTE (abalone @ Aug 23 2005, 07:29 AM)Is thi... Aug 23 2005, 08:00 AM

djellison I only noticed the bad registration because I was ... Aug 22 2005, 10:34 PM

paxdan QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 22 2005, 11:34 PM)I on... Aug 23 2005, 10:28 AM

djellison QUOTE (paxdan @ Aug 23 2005, 10:28 AM)I take ... Aug 23 2005, 10:47 AM

paxdan 8,880 km......... Aug 24 2005, 11:57 AM

Phil Stooke Here: http://www.planetary.or.jp/en/column/index.... Aug 23 2005, 03:35 AM

BruceMoomaw New, very detailed Hayabusa article: http://www.sp... Aug 23 2005, 08:29 AM

Decepticon As long as we get any pictures I'll be happy. Aug 24 2005, 12:21 PM

paxdan QUOTE (Decepticon @ Aug 24 2005, 01:21 PM)As ... Aug 24 2005, 01:01 PM

tedstryk QUOTE (paxdan @ Aug 24 2005, 01:01 PM)seconde... Aug 24 2005, 02:10 PM

Myran Fourded! Aug 24 2005, 02:18 PM

djellison Umm. Fithted? Sounds rude Doug Aug 24 2005, 02:23 PM

paxdan QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 24 2005, 03:23 PM)Umm.... Aug 24 2005, 02:24 PM

Phil Stooke ISAS Hayabusa update... http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e... Aug 28 2005, 02:02 AM

alan Looks like you can see its shadow in those images.... Aug 28 2005, 03:03 AM

Bob Shaw QUOTE (alan @ Aug 28 2005, 04:03 AM)Looks lik... Aug 28 2005, 02:27 PM

RNeuhaus New updates The orbit maneuver of HAYABUSA spacec... Aug 29 2005, 02:32 PM

djellison Less than a week until it gets to the asteroid the... Aug 29 2005, 02:41 PM

Toma B Distance from Itokawa 3220 km... and closing in...... Aug 30 2005, 04:14 PM

antoniseb QUOTE (Toma B @ Aug 30 2005, 11:14 AM)I just ... Aug 30 2005, 07:10 PM

deglr6328 What was wrong with the Wilkinson probe? They nee... Aug 31 2005, 12:11 AM

djellison Yeah WMAP was one of those missions that isnt a ... Aug 31 2005, 07:05 AM

Myran QUOTE (antoniseb @ Aug 30 2005, 08:10 PM)I ca... Aug 31 2005, 10:17 AM

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