Image above: Asteroid Itokawa, Hayabusas target. Image courtesy of JAXA
[1]Hayabusa goes from strength to strength! The [2]Yomiuri newspaper reports that the second of the sample return canisters contains hundreds of grains, thought to be from Itokakwa. The grains range in size from a tenth to a hundredth of a millimeter.Apparently they turned the container upside down and shocked it (I think that means tapped it) and the things just fell out! Thanks to [3]Pandaneko over on unmannedspaceflight.com for tipping us non-japenese speakers off.
List of links:
[1]http://www.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/muses_c/index_e.html
[2]http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/
[3]http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=6648&view=findpost&p=167194
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