隼鸟号

The Hayabusa spacecraft was captured over Southern Australiaduring its re-entry on 13 June 2010.

这是抓拍到的日本隼鸟号探测器在2010年3月返回地球时途经澳大利亚南部上时空留下的身影。

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

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。

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.

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。

Hayabusa was launched in 2003 and matched orbits with Itokawa in 2005. The intention was to get close, fire a projectile into the surface and grab some of the ensuing dust.

隼鸟号2003发射升空，于2005年进入系川小行星的轨道，意图是靠近并发射一个抛射体进入其表面，捕获撞击产生的尘埃。

The Hayabusa probe blazed a spectacular trail as it came in to hit the ground at a blistering speed, ending a journey to the near-Earth asteroid Itokawa that began in 2003.

这颗“隼鸟号”探测器拖着壮观的火焰尾迹以极快的速度到达地面，结束了一段2003年开始、以近地小行星“系川”为目标的旅程。