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Target Marker located on Itokawa (2)
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The spacecraft shifted to safe-hold mode because of its attitude dispersion during ascent, and Sagamihara Deep Space Control Room is now carrying out the recovery operation to three-axis control mode.
It therefore takes a few more days to obtain detailed data relating the procedure. Instruments onboard are functioning very well so far.
Spacecraft Hayabusa could find, on the surface of Itokawa, the Target Marker dropped on Nov. 20 among the images taken during descent phase on Nov. 26.
On the Target Marker are etched 880.000 names from 149 Countries.
The previous images show the area named "MUSES Sea" and they were taken at 04:58 of Nov. 20, 2005 (left) and at 06:24 of Nov. 26, 2005 (right).
In this frame, the white light spot inside the red circle is the Target Marker with the 880.000 names!
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