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A Light in the Sky
A Light in the Sky

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa spacecraft streaked across the sky like a saber of light through the clouds as…

Hayabusa Re-entry Artist Concept
Hayabusa Re-entry Artist Concept

This artist’s concept depicts the Hayabusa spacecraft (left) and its sample return capsule (right) entering the atmosphere over South Australia.

Hayabusa Re-entry Observation
Hayabusa Re-entry Observation

Scientists flying aboard NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory captured this image of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa spacecraft June 13,…

Hayabusa Re-entry Observation
Hayabusa Re-entry Observation

Scientists flying aboard NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory captured this image of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa spacecraft June 13,…

PI Assists Students in Hayabusa Re-entry Preparation
PI Assists Students in Hayabusa Re-entry Preparation

Yiannis Karavas and James Breitmeyer, students at the Dexter/Southfield Schools in Brookline, MA, are assisted by instructor and principal investigator…

Hayabusa Re-entry Observed by Scientists Aboard DC-8
Hayabusa Re-entry Observed by Scientists Aboard DC-8

Scientists flying aboard NASA’s DC-8 airborne laboratory captured this image of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa spacecraft June 13,…

Researchers Prepare Cameras for Hayabusa Re-entry Mission
Researchers Prepare Cameras for Hayabusa Re-entry Mission

Project scientist Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA’s Ames Research Center and Christina Giannopapa of the Netherlands’ Eindhoven…

PI Installs Spectrograph in DC-8
PI Installs Spectrograph in DC-8

Michael Winter of NASA’s Ames Research Center, principal investigator for the SLIT spectrogratph, installs his instrument in a framework behind…

Hayabusa Re-enters Earth’s Atmosphere
Hayabusa Re-enters Earth’s Atmosphere

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa spacecraft leaves a streak of light behind the clouds is as it re-enters Earth’s…

Hand-Held Digital Imaging Cameras Mounted in DC-8
Hand-Held Digital Imaging Cameras Mounted in DC-8

Hideyuki Tanno of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kakuda Space Center aligned the twin lenses of his hand-held digital imaging…