Asteroid Itokawa
Hayabusa Mission
1. 25143 Itokawa @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25143_Itokawa
2. Jan. 7th, 2004: Asteroid "Itokawa", Target of "HAYABUSA", Comes in Sight
@ http://www.spacedaily.com/news/japan-muses-c-04b.html
3. June 7th, 2005: Japan shoots for a piece of an asteroid @ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8131678/
4. Sept., 2005: Approaching Asteroid Itokawa ! @ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050919.html
5. Oct. 28, 2005: Orbital Evolution Of Asteroid Itokawa @ http://www.spacedaily.com/news/asteroid-05u.html
6. Nov. 1, 2005: Hayabusa image of Asteroid Itokawa @ http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18541
7. Nov. 3, 2005: Hayabusa Sends Minerva To Hop On Itokawa @ http://robots.net/article/1702.html
8. Nov. 12, 2005: Asteroid Sample Return @ http://www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/exploration/muses_c/index_e.html
9. Nov. 12, 2005: Japanese Asteroid Probe Deploys Micro-Robot
@ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051112_haybusa_update.html
10. Nov. 11, 2005: Hayabusa approaches within 70 meters of asteroid Itokawa
@ http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18657
11. Nov. 14th, 2005: Hayabusa- Japan conducts landing test on asteroid Itokawa
@ http://www.planetary.org/news/2005/1114_Hayabusa_Japan_Conducts_Landing_Test.html
12. Nov. 14, 2005: Japanese robot lost in asteroid mission
@ http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/11/13/japan.probe.reut/index.html
13. Nov. 14, 2005: Asteroid-hopping robot misses its mark @ http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10013920/
14. Nov. 20th, 2005: Status of Japan’s Asteroid Probe Sampling Mission Unconfirmed
@ http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/051120_hayabusa_problem.html
15. Nov. 23, 2005: Hayabusa touched asteroid Itokawa after all
@ http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8362&feedId=online-news_rss20
16. Nov. 25, 2005: Japanese probe to make new asteroid landing attempt
@ http://www.physorg.com/news8478.html
17. Nov. 26th, 2005: Probe 'gathers asteroid material' @ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4467676.stm
18. Nov. 30th, 2005: Hayabusa” operation--just like taming a shrew
@ http://www.planetary.or.jp/en/column/index.html
19. About Hayabusa @ http://www.jaxa.jp/news_topics/vision_missions/solar/pages/hayabusa3_e.html
20. Dec. 7, 2005: Hayabusa Mission In Jeopardy @ http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1634_1.asp
21. Dec. 14, 2005: Hayabusa's Return Delayed Until 2007 @ http://skyandtelescope.com/news/article_1642_1.asp
General Information Concerning Asteroids:
1. Asteroids @ http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Asteroid
2. Lunar and Plantary Science - Asteroids
@ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planets/asteroidpage.html
3. NSSDC Photo Gallery Asteroids @ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/photo_gallery/photogallery-asteroids.html
4. Asteroids @ http://stardate.org/resources/ssguide/asteroids.html