The Japanese space probe Hayabusa went to the asteroid Itokawa. It landed there and took a sample. Just a few days ago, it reentered the Earth’s atmosphere to a spectacular display. This footage was obtained from a DC-8 flying over Australia at the time of reentry. The capsule did return safely to Earth, and has been recovered. By the way, Hayabusa means Falcon in Japanese.
Paul Adams
Paul Adams leads an award-winning, diverse contractor team that runs a federal high performance computing facility where he has worked for 17 years. He loves getting his hands on the latest visualization and computer hardware, astronomy, aerospace engineering, working with the poor, and ringing cowbells.