Itokawa looks like someone has taken a "sheet" off the surface of some desert planet and wraped it around a mountain size rock...

From their website...

The proximity operation assumed in November next month consists of one Rehearsal Descent plus two Touching-downs for sampling. They are
scheduled as follows:

1. Rehearsal Descent November 4th,
2. 1st Touching-down for sampling November 12th,
3. 2nd Touching-down for sampling November 25th.

These events will occur around noon in Japan Standard Time in the midst of the operation period from Japan. There are several Rehearsal and Touching-down sites candidates and the events instances may be shifted earlier or later by 6 hours at maximum, depending on the operation status. The concrete schedule will be released as soon as they are determined.

More here: http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2005/1027.shtml