Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid sample makes perfect landing in Australia’s outback – CNET

It surprised, dazzled, then disappeared in a flash. In the early hours of Sunday morning, local time, the sample capsule of the Hayabusa2 spacecraft plowed through the atmosphere over the Australian mining town of Coober Pedy, blazing an ephemeral trail of fire through the sky.
Above the Lookout Cave Motel in the center of town, just before 4 a.m. local time (9:30 p.m. PT), about a dozen people gathered and mingled. Tripods were erected and camera equipment was fine-tuned and pointed at the sky….

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