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Hayabusa2 Earth Return: Press conference! (with simultaneous English translation)
TOON IN HERE:
TOON IN HERE:
Jan Adams, the Australian Ambassador to Japan offers her congratulations to the Hayabusa2 team.
From what I’ve seen, the support from the Australian Government and @AusSpaceAgency for Hayabusa2 has been amazing: coordinated & thorough checks for safety and tons of PR support.
From what I’ve seen, the support from the Australian Government and @AusSpaceAgency for Hayabusa2 has been amazing: coordinated & thorough checks for safety and tons of PR support.
“When we woke up yesterday morning and it was raining and the wind was blowing…”
But @AusSpaceAgency Head, Megan Clark’s fears were for nothing, as the cloud cleared to give a magnificent view of the fireball from Coober Pedy, and the whole countryside was renewed by that rain.
But @AusSpaceAgency Head, Megan Clark’s fears were for nothing, as the cloud cleared to give a magnificent view of the fireball from Coober Pedy, and the whole countryside was renewed by that rain.
The seat to the right of Megan Clark is reserved for ISAS/JAXA Deputy Director General, Masaki Fujimoto (standing here). Next to his name plate is an astronaut koala plushie that he previously mentioned was a birthday gift while he was in Australia for the capsule recovery!
Fujimoto says that the capsule surface has been cleaned and has started to be dismantled to access the sample container. It is possible the sample container may be examined in the Quick Look Facility (QLF) tomorrow (!) where any escaped gases within the capsule will be tested.
Yuichi Tsuda is holding a daruma; a Japanese luck doll. The eyes are initially blank. One is drawn in to represent a goal, while the 2nd is added once that goal is fulfilled. The control room has a line of daruma representing different operations, but I think this is the biggest.
The capsule and parachute on the ground in Woomera (
JAXA): the parachute tangled with a bush which I think Project Manager Yuichi Tsuda said prevented it moving, making it was quite a lucky landing.
It looks like a splatted jelly fish (in my highly professional opinion).
JAXA): the parachute tangled with a bush which I think Project Manager Yuichi Tsuda said prevented it moving, making it was quite a lucky landing. It looks like a splatted jelly fish (in my highly professional opinion).
The capsule parachute was deployed using pyrotechnics. This was one reason why the actual approach to the capsule (after location) had to be done with great care, in case any explosives were still active. The team waited until daylight to actually get close ( JAXA).
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Gas released by the sample will be tested on-site, but the capsule will not be opened until it is in the nitrogen curation chamber in Japan. This needs to be done within 100 hours of collection to prevent chemical reactions that could change the sample. https://twitter.com/AusSpaceAgency/status/1335376557947248642?s=20
Hayabusa2 Sub-Manager Satoru Nakazawa (right) said that gases from the sample would be tested tomorrow at the on-site Quick Look Facility (QLF) and depending on progress, the sample will be flown back to Sagamihara, Japan at midnight or the next morning.
