JAXA launched Hayabusa 2 on dec 3 heading for asteroid 1999 JU3.
"The spacecraft will arrive at the asteroid in June 2018 after swinging by Earth late next year to get a boost to the mission’s destination, which circles the sun between the orbits of Earth and Mars.
Hayabusa (γ―γγΆγ?, literally "Peregrine Falcon") was an unmanned spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to return a sample of material from a small near-Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa to Earth for further analysis."
Another asteroid encounter around 2018 will be Osiris & Isis with Bennu
The Bennu is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the sun, creation, and rebirth. It may have been the inspiration for the phoenix inGreek mythology.
According to Egyptian mythology, the Bennu was a self-created being said to have played a role in the creation of the world. It was said to be the ba of Ra and enabled the creative actions of Atum.[1] It was said to have flown over the waters of Nun that existed before creation, landing on a rock and issuing a call that determined the nature of creation. It was also a symbol of rebirth and was therefore associated with Osiris.[2]
Some of the titles of the Bennu bird were "He Who Came Into Being by Himself",[1] and "Lord of Jubilees"; the latter epithet referred to the belief that the Bennu periodically renewed itself like the sun.[2] Its name is related to the Egyptian verb wbn, meaning "to rise in brilliance" or "to shine".
The name of the phoenix could be derived from "Bennu", and its rebirth and connections with the sun resemble those of the Bennu bird, although Egyptian sources do not mention the bird's death.
"Mars Mission May Carry Asteroid-Smashing Probe in 2016
Scientists are studying the possibility of adding the asteroid-deflection effort — dubbed Impactor for Surface and Interior Science (ISIS) — to NASA's InSight Mars mission, which is slated to launch a lander toward the Red Planet in March 2016.
Once set loose in space, ISIS is designed to slam into the asteroid target of the already-on-the-books NASA mission Osiris-Rex, which aims to launch a robotic probe toward potentially dangerous asteroid 1999 RQ36 in September 2016.
http://www.space.com/20864-asteroid-deflection-mars-mission.html"
"Horus is one of the oldest and most significant deities in ancient Egyptian religion, who was worshipped from at least the late Predynastic period through to Greco-Roman times. Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egypt specialists.[1] These various forms may possibly be different perceptions of the same multi-layered deity in which certain attributes or syncretic relationships are emphasized, not necessarily in opposition but complementary to one another, consistent with how the Ancient Egyptians viewed the multiple facets of reality.[2] He was most often depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner or peregrine, or as a man with a falcon head.Peregrine Falcon in English Gematria Equals: 888
The earliest recorded form of Horus is the patron deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt, who is the first known national god, specifically related to the king who in time came to be regarded as a manifestation of Horus in life and Osiris in death.[1] The most commonly encountered family relationship describes Horus as the son of Isis and Osiris but in another tradition Hathor is regarded as his mother and sometimes as his wife.[1] Horus served many functions in the Egyptian pantheon, most notably being a god of the sun, war and protection."
"The Peregrine is definitely a celestial bird. The Egyptian sun god Horus, whose name means the distant one', had the head of a falcon, possibly a Peregrine, and the Eye of Horus was considered a symbol of great power. He united the upper and lower kingdoms and gave divinity to the pharaohs, who were thought to be his representatives on earth. As well as Horus, the falcon could be associated with Menthu, a god of war, and with Ra, go sod the sun."
Horus return
Space Agencies Across the Globe Prepare to Explore Comets and Asteroids
With Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s recent launch of the Hayabusa2 mission, NASA and other space agencies across the globe are opening up new possibilities for space exploration with missions to comets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies.
Following NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) spacecraft observations of the close flyby of Mars by comet Siding Spring in October, and the successful November landing of ESA’s Philae lander on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its Hayabusa2 mission on December 3 to rendezvous with an asteroid, land a small probe plus three mini rovers on its surface, and then return samples to Earth.
NASA and JAXA are cooperating on the science of the mission and NASA will receive a portion of the Hayabusa2 sample in exchange for providing Deep Space Network communications and navigation support for the mission.
On November 17, NASA and JAXA signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on the Hayabusa2 mission and NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission to mutually maximize their missions’ results. OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to launch in 2016. It will be the first U.S. asteroid sample return mission. OSIRIS-REx will rendezvous with the 500-meter-sized asteroid Bennu in 2019 for detailed reconnaissance and a return of samples to Earth in 2023.
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx will further strengthen the two space agencies’ relationship in asteroid exploration.
http://scitechdaily.com/space-agencies-across-globe-prepare-explore-comets-asteroids/
Bennu/JU3-Osiris Rex-Hayabusa(falcon)...Horus/Osiris/Isis
NASA, JAXA reach asteroid sample-sharing agreement
Scientists from the United States and Japan plan to share asteroid specimens from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa 2 sample return missions under an agreement signed by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
The missions will explore two different asteroids later this decade, with Hayabusa 2 heading for a 3,000-foot-wide carbon-rich asteroid named 1999 JU3 and OSIRIS-REx targeting the slightly smaller asteroid Bennu, a near-Earth object that has a slight chance of striking Earth.
NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and JAXA President Naoki Okumura signed a memorandum of understanding Nov. 17 in Tokyo covering cooperation on the two asteroid missions.
Under the terms of the agreement, NASA will receive 10 percent of the sample collected by Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission. JAXA will get one-half of one percent of the OSIRIS-REx sample, according to Dwayne Brown, a NASA spokesperson.
Hayabusa 2 is designed to return to Earth with at least one gram of material, including samples from beneath the surface of asteroid 1999 JU3. OSIRIS-REx will bring back a minimum of 60 grams — about 2.1 ounces — of samples from the surface of asteroid Bennu.
Assuming each mission collects the minimum sample, NASA would receive about one-tenth of a gram of rock fragments from Hayabusa 2 and JAXA would get three-tenths of a gram from OSIRIS-REx.
The accord signed by NASA and JAXA makes provisions for the exchange of samples even if one of the missions fails, said John Grunsfeld, head of NASA’s science directorate.
Missions to small objects in the solar system are important and exciting, Grunsfeld said in an interview with Spaceflight Now.
He said Hayabusa 2 and OSIRIS-REx will build on the success of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission to a comet, which achieved the first landing on a comet’s nucleus in November.
“With the success ESA had with Rosetta and Philae landing on a comet, it’s obvious this kind of exploration really captures the public’s interest,” Grunsfeld said.
JAXA wants to change clunky name of 1999 JU3 asteroid
DARPA Prepares to Launch "Satlets"
Seattle-based launch broker Spaceflight announced that it has signed an agreement to carry Phoenix’s first spacecraft. It’s slated to launch some time in the third quarter of 2015 as a secondary payload on a rocket. Although Spaceflight has not yet identified the rocket provider for this launch and could not discuss it, I have been told by several people that the mission will go up on a SpaceX Falcon 9.
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