Abstract Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the asteroid exploration
probe “Hayabusa2” in December 3rd, 2014, following the 1st Hayabusa mission. With …

Regolith particles on the asteroid Itokawa were recovered by the Hayabusa mission. Their
three-dimensional (3D) structure and other properties, revealed by x-ray microtomography …

Solar system bodies like comets, asteroids, meteorites and dust particles contain organic
matter with different abundances, structures and chemical composition. This chapter …

The Chang'E-5 (CE-5) lunar samples were analyzed nondestructively for more than 40
elements by instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) with a strict quality assurance …

The nature of organic matter in meteorites reveals information about early solar system
chemistry and the histories of parent bodies as recorded in the effects of physical and …

Hayabusa2 is an asteroid exploration mission to return surface samples of a near-Earth C-
type asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3. Because asteroids are the evolved remnants of …

Developing a cleanroom and clean chambers (CCs) for Hayabusa2 returned samples has
been discussed with the committee for Hayabusa2 sample curation facility since 2015. One …

Mineralogy is the key to understanding the origin of Phobos and its position in the evolution
of the Solar System. In situ Raman spectroscopy on Phobos is an important tool to achieve …

The recent development of the intense pulsed muon source at J-PARC MUSE, Japan Proton
Accelerator Research Complex/MUon Science Establishment (106 s− 1 for a momentum of …

Hayabusa was the first asteroid sample return mission. It was launched in May 2003, and
arrived at the target asteroid (25143) Itokawa in September 2005. The mission enabled us to …