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... essentially making it a man-made meteor," said Peter Jenniskens, the observation campaign's principal investigator and a scientist at NASA's Ames ...
NASA Astronomers to Observe Hayabusa Homecoming
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- A group of astronomers from NASA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and other organizations are flying to the other side of the world for a front row seat and a rare opportunity to study a spacecraft's targeted fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere. ...
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-48AR.html
Hayabusa on course for Australia landing zone
BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
June 9, 2010
Five days before it will fall into the Australian outback, Japan's
returning Hayabusa asteroid mission finished targeting the landing site
Tuesday in a final ion engine burn. ...
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/09hayabusa/
DC-8 Flying Laboratory Heading To Australia For Hayabusa Re-entry
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During those missions, scientists studied the levels of radiation, light and out-gassing of the descending spacecraft, to better understand meteor and heat ...
