Which of the following space agencies uses a spacecraft named Hayabusa ?

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  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  2. Centre national detudes spatiales (CNES)
  3. China National Space Administration (CNSA)
  4. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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Option 4 : Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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The correct answer is Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) uses a spacecraft named Hayabusa.
  • Hayabusa is series of Japanese spacecraft that explored asteroids.
  • The first, Hayabusa, studied the asteroid Itokawa and returned a sample container of dust grains to Earth in 2010.
  • The second, Hayabusa2, arrived at the asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and returned to Earth with a sample from that asteroid in December 2020.
  • Hayabusa was launched on May 9, 2003, from the Kagoshima Space Center.
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