Hayabusa
May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.
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Hayabusa
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 1, 2011
Runtime
2h 20m
Genres
Adventure, Drama
User Score
63%
Original Title
はやぶさ／HAYABUSA
Production Companies
20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan, Agung, Mainichi Shimbun, Office Crescendo, Sony Music Entertainment, dentsu, KADOKAWA Shoten, Fox International Productions Japan
Director
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Description
May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.
