Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleSpacecraft on course to score a first with asteroid samples.AuthorsReichhardt, TonyAbstractReports that Japan's most ambitious space mission entered a final, critical phase as the Hayabusa spacecraft parked itself 20 kilometers from the asteroid Itokawa. Return of samples of an asteroid to Earth; Description of the spacecraft.SubjectsJAPAN; SPACE vehicles; ASTRONAUTICS; ASTEROIDS; SOLAR system; SPACE flightPublicationNature, 2005, Vol 437, Issue 7057, p306ISSN0028-0836Publication typeArticleDOI10.1038/437306b