... 19.06.2010 . ... Credit: ISAS , JAXA ; Stereo Image by Patrick Vantuyne Explanation: Get out your red/blue glasses and float next to asteroid Itokawa , a diminutive world of the solar system only half a kilometer across. ... The stereo view was constructed from images made by the Hayabusa spacecraft when it encountered the asteroid in 2005. After a long journey, the spacecraft re-entered the atmosphere on June 13 over Australia , successfully parachuting a capsule to Earth. ... 2007 2008 . ...