Hayabusa spacecraft

[fringe_dweller]

ok fair enough Rob, cold at woomera too, 2 d!

wow the japanese hayabusa website really played down the area/visibility of it, it was their crummy graphic that put me off going grrrrrr

[MikeyB (Michael)]

Real or.... (text via Google Translate)?

Take the Sky "Hayabusa". 天の川（左）の中にある南十字星の上で消えた＝尾崎孝撮影 Milky Way (left) has gone on in the Southern Cross-shooting Ozaki Takashi

[MikeyB (Michael)]

The Planetary Society Blog:

Welcome home, Hayabusa

Hayabusa lights up the Australian sky
In ten screen caps from a Web camera feed run by Wakayama University, the Hayabusa spacecraft ends its seven-year mission by burning up over Australian skies. Credit: Wakayama University / animation by Emily Lakdawalla

[fringe_dweller]

wow 30 seconds it was visible in vid yikes! great pics and links

[Spanrz (Brett)]

Some vids on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPUxTSPN_bQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuvaV5LbbjY

EDIT: so many of the same vid on youtube....bugger!

Very quick, make a nice glow, but that was it.
Off to bed now.

[Blue Skies (Jacquie)]

Couldn't see anything from Perth.

[fringe_dweller]

WOAHHH check out the vid from plane - its up now

http://archive.nserc.und.edu/~kml/Ha...entryVideo.avi


can see little capsule going ahead waaay cool

[fringe_dweller]

screenshot

[Octane (Humayun)]

Argh, the video link keeps timing out. :cryface:

H

[Vartigy]

Something shook the house last night.
Was either the re-entry capsule... or another aftershock.

Wonder if the capsule landed in a spot where a pod of kangaroos were, and the event has now artificially evolved their state to a tribal stage. (Spore anyone?).

Heh, also great screenshot. Looks like the capsule burst open and the contents are being sprayed and burnt up in the night sky. Whoops.

[Hans Tucker (Hans)]

Well the footage of the re-entry being shown on the news indicates it was an impressive comeback for the probe...similar to Skylab. It would be a shame if the capsule contains no sample from the Asteroid, which apprently is a high possibility.

[Tamtarn]

Not sure if this has been posted already.

NASA's video of re entry. You can see the capsule separate quite clearly.

Barb


http://parabolicarc.com/2010/06/13/v...ere-australia/

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Originally Posted by Tamtarn

Not sure if this has been posted already.

NASA's video of re entry. You can see the capsule separate quite clearly.

Barb


http://parabolicarc.com/2010/06/13/v...ere-australia/

Thanks for that Barb, with all the broken link and server congestion it is nice to see a quality video.

[rally]

And they found the capsule !
Another mission success.

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n...hayabusaentry/

[WadeH (Wade)]

Thanks Jackie(Blueskies), now I dont feel guilty for going to bed early.

Barb and David, great video, just as good as being there (almost).

[fringe_dweller]

heres a pic taken from 20klm north of pt augusta from this local news page,

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/hayabu...1225879330915#

thats got to be maybe as much as 400klm distant amazing!, just like streaky bay and other great personal reports here that made my night - thanks again to those

The Hayabusa re-entry 20km north of Pt Augusta. Pic: Chris Handler

[star1961 (Lisa)]

i was the same
wasnt sure what to expect but it was just way too cold to stay out there and my neighbours' stinky fires burning soon sent me back in
video footage looks pretty amazing though!
wish i'd realised earlier i would've gone to pt augusta for a better look!