November 19, 2005
- Hayabusa fails to take surface samples of 25143 Itokawa after dropping a target marker and guiding itself to a distance of 17 m to its target. At that point the spacecraft enters its safe mode for unknown reasons, and communications are interrupted for three hours. During this time it drifts but is assumed to be currently within 100 km of the asteroid. (AP/YahooNews) (AFP/YahooNews)
Read more about this topic: November 2005 In Science
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