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Hayabusa's Fiery Homecoming Ends Seven-Year Journey

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A team of astronomers and scientists from NASA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and other organizations had a front row seat as the Hayabusa spacecraft made a fiery return to Earth's atmosphere on June 12, 2010. Special cameras and other imaging instruments aboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory captured the Japanese spacecraft's high-speed re-entry over an unpopulated area of central Australia. Hayabusa completed a seven-year journey to return a sample of the asteroid Itokawa. Scientists aren't sure a sample was obtained; if they do find one, it'll weigh no more than a gram.

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  • man i hope there is a sample in there after all that =]

  • well the finally made it. After all the bad luck :) Good job! Now lets just hope they brought something home ;)

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  • thats really awesome! goodjob hayabusa... :)

  • I think the return of HAYABUSA to be a very glad.

    Thank you HAYABUSA!!!

  • @restlesspride666 9000?!?!?! THAT"S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!

  • Good job Hayabusa and JAXA....well done.

    And, thanks NASA for this beautiful video.

  • @TheMostFamousChannel No humans on this one...just a sample return from an asteroid.

  • OMG Its the Master Chief!!!

  • Thanks NASA

  • はやぶさのこと一生忘れないよ!

  • cool!

  • @burgerking220 THE HAYABUSA'S POWER LEVEL IS OVER 9000!

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