article_snippet: An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe.
article_snippet: An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe plans to announce the specific asteroid selected for the mission no earlier than 2019, approximately a year before launching the robotic spacecraft.
article_snippet: An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe has identified three valid candidates for the mission so far: Itokawa, Bennu and 2008 EV5.
article_snippet: An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe expects to identify one or two additional candidates each year leading up to the mission.
article_snippet: Returning asteroid samples will help An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe develop  tools and techniques for future space exploration.
article_snippet: This early experience with raw materials could also help advance An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe ability to make use of natural resources in space.
article_snippet: An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe was also working on a mission concept that would fully enclose a large asteroid using an inflatable system and the other would capture a smaller boulder from of a much larger asteroid using robotic arms.
article_snippet: the papers detail current work underway at An asteroid named Itokawa photographed by the Hayabusa probe to upgrade spacesuits in preparation for the first spacewalks in deep space since the 1960s and farther from Earth than ever before.