“隼鸟”号飞船则是在2003年发射升空，到2005年与Itokawa小行星的轨道同步运转。

Hayabusa was launched in 2003 and matched orbits with Itokawa in 2005.

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日本也在酝酿向月球发射飞行器，同时已经开展了其它的太空开发活动，例如最近的前往小行星的“隼鸟号”探测器。

Japan is also mulling a moonshot, and has branched out into other space exploration, such as the recent Hayabusa mission to an asteroid.

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日本科学家和美国科学家一样，掌握相似的返回样本，曾在2010年利用探测仪隼鸟号从一颗彗星羽中检测到灰尘。

The Japanese, like the Americans, have experience with sample-return of this sort, having flown a probe called Hayabusa that retrieved dust from the plume of a comet in 2010.

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