The original Hayabusa 1 did enter the atmosphere - after suffering many malfunctions and other hardships it managed to deliver it's precious sample capsule back

The original Hayabusa 1 did enter the atmosphere - after suffering many malfunctions and other hardships it managed to deliver it's precious sample capsule back to Earth. But after all this, it had no more fuel left for an avoidance manuever like Hayabusa 2 just did. So Hayabusa 1 burned up in the atmosfere, sacrificing itself to deliver its precious asteroid sample. This has been captured in what might be the sadest spaceflight related manga I've ever seen: https://web.archive.org/web/20100615002512/http://drawr.net/show.php?id=1478887 https://web.archive.org/web/20100615002512/http://drawr.net/... Even if you can't understand the japanese text in it, I'm sure it can convey its meaning regardless. And it migh make you shed a tear or two for the brave probe that fulfilled its mission agains all odds and came back home...