NASA Astronomers To Observe Hayabusa's Fiery Homecoming

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 9, 2010 @12:13PM from the welcome-back-hotter dept.

coondoggie writes "NASA said that a group of its astronomers will have a front row seat in Australia to watch the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa's high-speed, fiery return to Earth. It is bringing with it a hunk of the asteroid Itokawa. The spacecraft is expected to land in an unpopulated area of Australia at approximately midnight locally, or 7 am PDT, on Sunday, June 13. Some 30 NASA astronomers will be flying onboard a specially equipped DC-8 with instruments that can monitor Hayabusa's reentry."

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Re:"High Speed Dirt" by bit9 · 2010-06-09 14:02 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Only on Slashdot can you get modded "Insightful" for quoting lyrics from a Megadeth song.
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