Hayabusa, the Japanese spacecraft launched in May 2003, landed on the asteroid Itokawa November 19, 2005. It had arrived at the asteroid just two months before. Just as it landed, Hayabusa fired tiny projectiles at the surface and collected the spray. Small specks were collected to be sent back to Earth for analysis.
Hayabusa returned to Earth June 13, 2010 in Australia.
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