Recorded mission
Watch
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
M-V | Hayabusa
Coverage link pending
Recorded mission coverage
A coverage link has not been published yet. Mission status and timing remain available here.
Playing a video connects to YouTube. Coverage may be scheduled, live or recorded. If a player is unavailable, use “Open source”.
Mission brief
The mission at a glance.
MUSES-C (renamed Hayabusa after launch) is a sample return mission to the asteroid. Its primary goal is to acquire and verify technology which is necessary to retrieve samples from a small body in the solar system and to bring back them to the earth.
Open the full mission →Published flight sequence
Know what comes next.
Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
A flight sequence has not been published for this mission.