Hayabusa capsule plunges to Earth after historic visit to asteroid

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Capsule plunges to Earth after historic visit to asteroid
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1006/13hayabusaentry/

BY STEPHEN CLARK
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: June 13, 2010

Cutting across the night sky at more than 27,000 mph, a small Japanese capsule returned to Earth from the surface of an asteroid Sunday, but the fate of the drum-shaped sample return craft was not immediately clear.

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Live USTREAM recorded by some very excited Japanese.
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http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7634995
hayabusa re-entry
Recorded on 10/06/13

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Sequence of pictures as I saw Posted on June 13, 2010 by astroengine

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http://twitpic.com/1wgyd7
Sequence of images showing #Hayabusa re-entry over Australia #JAXA

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Beautiful picture of HAYABUSA re-entry, streaking across the sky.
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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/zoom/20100613-OYT9I00808.htm
星空を進む「はやぶさ」。天の川（左）の中にある南十字星の上で消えた＝尾崎孝撮影

[My attempt at Google translation - "Take the Sky "Hayabusa". Milky Way (left) has gone on in the Southern Cross-shooting Ozaki Takashi"]
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And if you want a lot more Twitter links, try this in Google search -- #Hayabusa site:twitter.com
See, even NASA -- http://twitter.com/NASA/status/16073757786

Thanks for looking up with me.
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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