Which of the following space agencies uses a spacecraft named Hayabusa ?

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The correct answer is Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) uses a spacecraft named Hayabusa.
Hayabusa is series of Japanese spacecraft that explored asteroids.
The first, Hayabusa, studied the asteroid Itokawa and returned a sample container of dust grains to Earth in 2010.
The second, Hayabusa2, arrived at the asteroid Ryugu in June 2018 and returned to Earth with a sample from that asteroid in December 2020.
Hayabusa was launched on May 9, 2003, from the Kagoshima Space Center.