Science
Journey to the Dragon Palace: Inside Hayabusa2’s history-making asteroid mission – CNET
How Japan’s space agency pulled off a daring expedition to snatch pieces of an ancient space rock.
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…
-
General18 hours agoInternal Revenue Service starts cutting 20,000 workers
-
Noosa News18 hours agoMan killed, woman seriously injured in collision in Wongabel, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland
-
Noosa News18 hours agoHelicopter pilots saving lives, providing food and fodder in flooded outback Queensland
-
Noosa News22 hours ago’Lethal new opioids’ prompt Wide Bay pill testing call