Hayabusa and Hayabusa2
　Hayabusa is a Japanese space probe developed by JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, whose aim was to collect samples from a small near-Earth asteroid Itokawa.// Hayabusa was launched on May 9th in 2003 and rendezvoused with Itokawa in September 2005.// In November 2005, it succeeded in landing on the asteroid and collecting samples of Itokawa’s material in the form of tiny dust particles.// Although there were several technical failures, Hayabusa was well managed by many researchers and successfully returned to Earth on June 13th in 2010.//
　After Hayabusa, Hayabusa2 succeeded in touching down on the asteroid Ryugu’s surface to collect samples and bringing them back to Earth.// Hayabusa2 was launched towards the asteroid on December 3rd in 2014 with the same sample-return mission as Hayabusa’s, reaching Ryugu on June 27th in 2018.// Surveying it for a year and a half and taking its samples, Hayabusa2 left Ryugu in November 2019 and successfully delivered a capsule carrying asteroid rocks and dust to Earth on December 6th in 2020.//
　Hayabusa and Hayabusa2 accomplished significant achievements.// They returned rock and soil samples from asteroids for the first time in human history.// They also contributed to our knowledge about the birth of our solar system, and to the discovery of useful resources outside Earth.//