Journey to the Dragon Palace: Inside Hayabusa2’s history-making asteroid mission – CNET

In a gray camouflage tee and blue denim jeans, Masaki Fujimoto is dressed all too casually for a man about to make history. Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” has been playing on repeat, in his head, for weeks. One line is particularly prophetic for the 56-year-old astrophysicist.
“I’m burning through the sky”
In less than 48 hours, a 16-inch-wide steel capsule will do just that, rocketing through the atmosphere before unfurling a parachute and gently landing in a sparsely populated area of the Australian…

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