collectSPACE: Messages - Edit this post

Space News
space history and artifacts articles

Messages
space history discussion forums

Sightings
worldwide astronaut appearances

Resources
selected space history documents

Forum: Patches & Pins
Topic: JAXA's Hayabusa2 asteroid mission patches

Only forum leaders (Administrator, Editor) or the person that posted this message may edit this message (and only registered users may edit/delete posts) Note: Only forum leaders may delete posts.
Delete? To delete this post, check this box. Note: deleting this post will result in the deletion of the entire topic, since this post is the first post in the topic.
Your UserName:
Your Password:	Forget your password?
Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 06-28-2018 07:26 AM When the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched its Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample probe in December 2014, it debuted the following mission patch: <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch01.jpg" width="400" height="350" border="0"></a></center> In March 2016, JAXA updated the patch to mark the mission moving into the transfer phase. <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The illustration of Hayabusa2 itself is the same but the name of the target asteroid was updated to Ryugu from its provisional designation 1999JU3. The background color was also changed to blue for showing Hayabusa2's endeavor flying through space in the solar system toward Ryugu by leaving the near Earth orbit.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch02.jpg" width="400" height="350" border="0"></a></center> Now, with Hayabusa2's arrival at Ryugu, the patch has been [URL=https://twitter.com/TobimonoGakkai/status/1011878772759384065]updated again[/URL] for the exploration phase. <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch03-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch03.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch04-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch04.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch05-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/jaxa_hayabusa2patch05.jpg" width="400" height="400" border="0"></a></center>
	Disable Smilies in This Post.
*If HTML and/or UBB Code are enabled, this means you can use HTML and/or UBB Code in your message.

Contact Us | The Source for Space History & Artifacts