Hayabusa spacecraft performed the final descents and touchdowns twice in November 2005. In final descent phase, terrain alignment maneuvers were accomplished to control both altitude and attitude with respect to the surface by using four beams Las...
Balloon-based Operation Vehicle (BOV) is currently developed at JAXA for the realization of microgravity environment. As for this research, second experiment of 2006 and third experiment of 2007 are already planned. As a member of the control and ...