Within Sight After 3 Years
March, 2007
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Engines B and D were started at full power.
In April, she broke out of orbit from Itokawa.
The time for her return had finally arrived.
Looks like we cleared the first hurdle.
We'll soon have your trajectory corrected for Earth's orb...
Um ...
....... but ...
One of the engines has started acting up.
What!?
After only a few days of breaking away from Itokawa, engine B started exhibiting some abnormalities.
Hayabusa was all of a sudden faced with new difficulties.
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