[HAYABUSA link]:English resources to know HAYABUSA

To English readers:

Today, 19th Nov. 2005, Our Japanese robot explorer "Hayabusa(means Falcon)" is to trying to touchdown the surfice of the asteroid Itokawa, to get some sample of asteroid's soil.

　We have some English pages on internet. Check links below.

What's Hayabusa?

• Hayabusa Project
  
• HAYABUSA: Mission profile
  
• About Hayabusa: Overview of Hayabusa
  

Present status of Hayabusa

• Space news of JAXA/ISAS: News releases on sceince matter
  
• Today's HAYABUSA: Dayly short report
  

The touchdown opration live

• Hayabusa live blog:From 20:00 19th, Nov. in JST(from 11:00 in UTC)
  
• Streaming from operation room: no sound. From 02:00 20th, Nov. to 08:00 in JST(from 17:00 19th Nov. to 23:00 in UTC)
  

Detail of touchdown: Space Robotics Lab at Tohoku University

• Touchdown Outline
  
• Simulation Update upon Arrival of Itokawa (September 2005)
  
• Final Update before Touchdown (November 2005)