cogitator's link may be of interest (or, it may have appeared as a separate topic already, in which case please disregard).
Hayabusa Hovers Near Asteroid Itokawa
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18064"
Just FYI, Hayabusa used to be known as MUSES-C. I was wondering why I hadn't heard about it before, but I did hear references to MUSES-C as it was being prepared and launched.