NASA ASTRONOMERS SUCCESSFULLY OBSERVE HAYABUSA HOMECOMING -- ARC
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, 2010.
The Japanese spacecraft has been on a seven-year journey to return a
sample of the asteroid Itokawa.
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