Present Status of the Planetary Sample Curation Facility of Japan

Abstract

The Planetary Sample Curation Facility of Japan will be completed at the end of fiscal 2007. The facility will treat the sample of "Hayabusa". The sample will be protected from the environments of Earth's conditions, and analized and described in cooperation with other institutes of Japan. The basic research of contamination protection is the other aim of the facility for the future planetary sample returen mission. We represent the status and spacifications of the facility, decided by the study board of geochemists, planetary scientists, and others.