The first of Aoshima's new "Spacecraft Series". This is the Hayabusa, a Japanese asteroid probe launched to rendezvous with the asteroid Itokawa, collect data, and send it back to Earth. The base is shaped like the asteroid, and the small rover Minerva is included.
And it's back! The sample capsule from Hayabusa landed safely in Australia on June 13, 2010! (Aoshima's kit does NOT explode or include sample capsule!) (Description and images courtesy of HobbyLink Japan).
