Michael,
Really cool images
>How about approaching Itokawa:
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http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2005/1102.shtml>
>In this case, it's not an artist's conception. The Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft is hovering near asteroid Itokawa, about to land a probe that will collect a sample and is scheduled for return to earth in 2007.