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.
Release Date | October 1, 2011 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | はやぶさ/HAYABUSA | |
Runtime | 2h 20min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | Japanese | |
Original Language | Japanese | |
Production Countries | Japan | |
Production Companies | 20th Century Fox20th Century Fox Home Entertainment JapanAgungMainichi ShimbunOffice CrescendodentsuKADOKAWA ShotenFox International Productions JapanSony Music Entertainment20th Century Fox Japan |