News JAXA-Hayabusa mission news.

[N_Molson]

Go !

 

[BrianJ]

Come on home "the �"!

Here's a graphic showing my best guess at landing site.

Google map (by dmuller)showing the road-blocks (A) and (B) on the Stuart Highway, overlaid with map of Woomera Prohibited Area (dark lines), overlaid with landing ellipse dispersion graphic from Hayabusa Mac website.

 

[SiberianTiger]

will the landing be live at a webcast or something?

A NASA team aboard DC-8 plane will try to take footage of reentering Hayabusa's descent module and put that on a live webcast.

Live webcast will be on air on 13:45-13:55 UTC at: http://sgqtss.arc.nasa.gov:554/dc8-current.sdp

LQ replay will be on air on 13:55-15:00 UTC;
HQ replay will be on air on 16:00-17:00 UTC.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Spaceflight Now: "Hayabusa on course for Australia landing zone".

---------- Post added 10th Jun 2010 at 05:25 PM ---------- Previous post was 9th Jun 2010 at 08:28 PM ----------

A NASA team aboard DC-8 plane will try to take footage of reentering Hayabusa's descent module and put that on a live webcast.

More info: SpaceRef: "NASA Astronomers to Observe Hayabusa Homecoming".

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

The person who will be imaging Hayabusa's re-entry is the same person who imaged ATV-1 "Jules Verne's" re-entry in September 2008 - and we all saw how "cool" (pun intended) that was! :speakcool:

BBC News'/Jonathan Amos' "Spaceman" Blog: "A perfect view of the asteroid capsule's Earth return".

 

[BrianJ]

Re-entry in about 2hrs. Capsule seperation has been confirmed.
JAXA control room webcast now up at:
http://hayabusa.jaxa.jp/live/live.asx
(takes a while to load)

 

[RisingFury]

be with you!

 

[C3PO]

Re-entry in about 2hrs. Capsule seperation has been confirmed.
JAXA control room webcast now up at:
http://hayabusa.jaxa.jp/live/live.asx
(takes a while to load)

Link isn't working here.

 

[Fabri91]

Save target and open it up in a separate player like VLC.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Spaceflight Now: "Hayabusa releases capsule that could hold asteroid dust".

BBC News: "Japan Itokawa asteroid mission set for re-entry".

 

[BrianJ]

Looks like the IKAROS team has joined the Hayabusa control room team - it's getting quite crowded in there!

I'm having a hard time getting a stable connection to the "DC-8 live re-entry" page
http://www.media-i.com/Hayabusa/index_nasa.html

---------- Post added at 03:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 PM ----------

Drat! Couldn't get the live feed from the DC-8, but here's a vid from what looks like a ground observer.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7634995

Bye bye Hayabusa :sniff: - and welcome home Sample Capsule!
Well done JAXA :thumbup:

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

I saw the re-entry live on UStream - it was awesome! :speakcool:

Spaceflight Now: "Capsule plunges to Earth after historic visit to asteroid".

BBC News: "Japanese Hayabusa asteroid mission comes home".


Let's just hope the chute deployed!

 

[RisingFury]

Hope all went well and that it actually contains samples

 

[Andy44]

Yes, a parachute would be nice.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

The capsule has been located via helicopter and its position has been reported to recovery teams! :thumbup:

 

[jinglesassy]

So any idea when it will be retrieved?

 

[garyw]

It'll be retreived during daylight hours. The idea is to pick up the beacon and work out exactly where it is then go pick it up in daylight and then fly it to a clean room at JAXA.

 

[Notebook]

What if it gets trampled by a kangaroo, or carried off by a platypus ?
N.

 

[cinder1992]

well, that was a lucky shot. It landed right in the dead center of the Woomera Prohibited Range. a space probe hitting a launch site, that has to be a first.

 

[jinglesassy]

Well thats a first cinder