Hideo Itokawa (糸川英夫, July 20, 1912 – February 21, 1999) was a pioneer of Japanese rocketry and of the Japanese space program. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A rocket or rocket vehicle is a Missile, Aircraft or other Vehicle which obtains Thrust by the reaction of the In Japan, he was popularly known as Dr. Rocket, and he has been described in the media as the father of Japanese space development.
The asteroid 25143 Itokawa, named in honor of Itokawa, is notable as the target of the Hayabusa mission. TemplateInfobox Planet. --> 25143 Itokawa (ˌiːtoʊˈkɑːwə Japanese イトカワ from 糸川 is an Unmanned space mission led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to return a sample of material from a small Near-Earth asteroid named
Born in Tokyo, he graduated from the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1935, having majored in aeronautical engineering. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The, abbreviated as, is a major Research university located in Tokyo, Japan. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Aerospace engineering is the branch of Engineering behind the design construction and science of Aircraft and Spacecraft. During World War II, he was involved in designing aircraft at the Nakajima Aircraft Company and designed the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Nakajima Aircraft Company ( Japanese:中島飛行機株式会社/Nakajima Hikōki Kabushiki Kaisha was a prominent Japanese Aircraft manufacturer throughout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
In 1941, he became an assistant professor of the Imperial University of Tokyo, and became a professor in 1948. The, abbreviated as, is a major Research university located in Tokyo, Japan. He retired from his post in 1967 and established an institute.
Itokawa was a genius who skipped grades in school and studied many topics. He wrote 49 books, and was, many times, a best-selling author.
Topics that Itokawa became interested in or took as a hobby, include such sports as basketball, golf and swimming, as well as orchestral arrangements and such instruments as cello, harmonica, organ, piano, violin and taishokin (a type of xylophone). Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The xylophone (from the Greek words ξύλον - xylon, "wood" + φωνή - phone, "voice" meaning "wooden He was also interested in baton twirling, brain waves, English plays, Mah Jong, philosophy, rocket engineering and novel writing. Mahjong (also called mah-jongg by the American association Traditional Chinese 麻將 Pinyin: májiàng is a Game for four players that originated in Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language