Nothing can prevent it now. Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft is heading home after its seven-year round-trip to the asteroid Itokawa. A final trajectory correction has been performed and the spacecraft is on target to hit the atmosphere of Earth above Australia shortly before midnight (local time; about 1400 GMT). I wrote earlier in the week about some of the woes Hayabusa experienced as it tried to gr
A group of astronomers from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other organizations had a front row seat to observe the Hayabusa spacecraft's fiery plunge into Earth's atmosphere. The team flew aboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory, packed with cameras and other imaging instruments, to capture the high-speed re-entry over an unpopulated area of central Australia on June 13, 2
What: Airborne observation of the Hayabusa Sample Return Capsule over Woomera, Australia, using a wide array of imaging and spectrographic cameras. Capsule is on an asteroidal orbit and hit Earth's atmosphere much like a small asteroid, creating a bright fireball. Where:Woomera, near Adelaide, Australia When: June, 2010 Why:Arrives at 12.2 km/s (200 km altitude) at -13.4 degree flight path angle (
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