LEGO Cuusoo Hayabusa Instruction Manual

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INDeX
4...............................................................................................................About JAXA
5.........................................................................Asteroid explorer HAYABUSA
6...................................................................................................The solar system
8.........................................................................................................................Mission
8......................................................................................................................Samples
9...................................................................................... The asteroid ITOKAWA
11.............................................................................................................. The voyage
12..............................................................Project Manager J. KAWAGUCHI
13 ........................................................................................ Building Instructions
86..................................................................................... A word from DAISUKE
87 ...........................................................................From idea to final product
88..................................................................................About LEGO®CUUSOO
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AN INcReDIbLe JOuRNeY
When the Hayabusa spacecraft successfully returned to Earth
on 13 June 2010, it was carrying a unique and precious cargo –
particles of dust from the surface of an asteroid. The seven-year
mission, carried out by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(JAXA), is not only one of the greatest technological feats of mod-
ern times, it has also given us new and invaluable insights into the
birth and evolution of our solar system.
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イラスト：池下章裕/©AkihiroIkeshita
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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan’s
national aerospace agency. It was created in 2003, when three
separate organizations merged into a single institution to com-
bine advanced research and technological development with the
launch of satellites and spacecraft into space.
Under the motto of “Reaching for the skies, exploring space”,
JAXA continues to challenge unknown and unexplored frontiers,
striving to succeed with its wide range of research and develop-
ment missions in order to contribute to the overall peace and
happiness of humankind.
AbOut JAXA
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AsteROID
eXPLOReR
hAYAbusA
The technological challenges facing the Hayabusa mission were
immense. It would be the first spacecraft deliberately designed to
make contact with the surface of an asteroid in order to gather physi-
cal soil samples for analysis back on Earth. As the distances were
great and little was known about the asteroid on which it would land,
Hayabusa, which means falcon in Japanese, created new standards
for space technology in the areas of ion engines, autonomous con-
trol and optical navigation
Launch date: 9th May 2003
Re-entry date: 13th June 2010
Weight: 510 kg (including propellant)
Full width: 6 m
Main body: 1.0m x 1.1m x 1.6m (Hexahedron)
Main engine: Ion engines (microwave-discharge type)
Propellant: Xenon, Hydrazine, Dinitrogen tetroxide
Velocity at re-entry: 12km/sec
Traveling distance: 6 billion km
AsteROID
eXPLOReR
hAYAbusA
FActs
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推進剤込み
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小惑星イトカワ
Itokawa
地球
Earth
火星
Mars
月
Moon
金星
Venus
水星
Mercury
太陽
Sun
木星
Jupiter
土星
Saturn
天王星
Uranus
海王星
Neptune
冥王星
Pluto
木星
Asteroid belt
the sOLAR sYsteM
Around 4.5 billion years ago, our solar system was born from a massive cosmic dust cloud. Our own planet, Earth, the third in the solar system, became a life-friendly
planet. Humankind has always gazed at the stars, later observing the different planets through telescopes. Eventually, advanced technology allowed us to send space
probes for on-sight observation of celestial bodies. Huge telescopes also enabled us to discover whole new worlds and revolutionized our understanding of what a
planetary system is. Though we may sometimes think modern technology has solved most of the mysteries of space and humankind, the exploration of the origin of
life and the universe has only just begun.
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小惑星イトカワ
Itokawa
地球
Earth
火星
Mars
月
Moon
金星
Venus
水星
Mercury
太陽
Sun
木星
Jupiter
土星
Saturn
天王星
Uranus
海王星
Neptune
冥王星
Pluto
木星
Asteroid belt
©JAXA/NASA
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Before the Hayabusa mission, the Moon was the only astronomi-
cal body from which physical samples of the surface had been
gathered. But, since the Moon has changed greatly over time due
to thermal processes, these samples could tell us little about the
origins of our solar system. Asteroids, being smaller, were thought
to contain a more pristine record of the planet-forming era. If a
soil sample could be obtained from the surface of an asteroid, it
could provide new clues about the first stages of a solar nebula
and the raw materials that formed planets. This became the goal
of the Hayabusa mission.
More than 1500 individual particles of dust from the surface of
Itokawa were found in the capsule of Hayabusa when it returned
to Earth – the largest only 0,3 mm in size.
Detailed analysis has shown components such as olivine,
pyroxene, plagioclase and iron sulfide were present. Researchers
now believe Itokawa was formed immediately after the birth of the
solar system 4.5 billion years ago, when celestial bodies, such as
the smaller asteroids, collided together.
MIssION sAMPLes
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The asteroid Itokawa is one of the near-earth objects orbiting between Earth
and Mars. It was discovered in 1998 and later named 25143 Itokawa after the
pioneering Japanese rocket scientist, Dr. Hideo Itokawa.
Relatively small in size, Itokawa measures only 535m x 294m x 209m and has
an irregular shape. While some parts of its surface are rough and rock-strewn,
others are smooth and more even. Analysis of the dust particles collected by
Hayabusa show they have been there for a few million years. Tests also sug-
gest that Itokawa is probably made up of interior fragments of a larger asteroid
that broke apart.
Prominent regions on the surface of Itokawa were given place names related
to the Hayabusa project.
the AsteROID
ItOKAWA
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Departure / Touchdown to the surface of Itokawa /
Shadow of Hayabusa on Itokawa / Re-entry of Hayabusa /
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