June 11, 2010

End of the journey this Sunday - that's the plan for Hayabusa, which will release a capsule carrying a sample (hopefully!) of the asteroid it landed on years ago.

posted by polychrome 13 years ago

"First spacecraft to land in Australia"... well apart from some fiery chunks of Skylab.
posted 13 years ago by ThinksTwice
I dunno - not sure "whump" is the same as "land"...
posted 13 years ago by polychrome
MonkeyFilter: - not sure "whump" is the same as "land"...
posted 13 years ago by BlueHorse
And down
posted 13 years ago by polychrome
It is hoped the asteroid samples could reduce the threat of future asteroid collisions. Well, I should certainly HOPE so!!
posted 13 years ago by BlueHorse
Here's the obligatory video without the ads.
posted 13 years ago by EdArzakh
Yes
posted 13 years ago by polychrome
The concept of asteroids as time-capsules is an intriguing one.
posted 13 years ago by beeswacky

Monkeyfilter