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What did the Hayabusa mission do?

Returned samples from an asteroid.

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  1. Returned samples from an asteroid ✔
  2. Landed on the Moon
  3. Orbited Saturn

Why: Hayabusa collected samples from asteroid Itokawa and returned them to Earth in 2010.

Huh, didn't know that: Hayabusa collected samples from asteroid Itokawa and returned them to Earth in 2010.

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Hayabusa really brought home the asteroid bacon.
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Answer: Returned samples from an asteroid. Hayabusa collected samples from asteroid Itokawa and returned them to Earth in 2010.

  1. Space exploration en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exploration
    Hayabusa was a robotic spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to return a sample of material from the small near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa to Earth
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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