Updates Rebirth of the Immortal Falcon: JAXA Hayabusa 2 updates

[MaverickSawyer]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47818460

Yep, they hit it all right. And it was a bigger crater than they'd expected...
http://gizmodo.com/new-photos-show-the-surprisingly-big-crater-blasted-int-1834298147

So once again, science arrives with a "BANG!" and a "Huh.", rather than a "BANG!" and a "Eureka!" :lol:

 

[Notebook]

http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/S...eroid_dust_helps_model_planetary_defence_test

19 September 2019
A trio of dust grains retrieved from an asteroid by Japan’s Hayabusa mission have helped model a grand-scale planetary defence experiment that could one day save Earth.
Diamond-tipped nanoindenter
A paper published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics scientific journal this week reports on ‘nanoindenter’ testing of a trio of asteroid grains returned by Hayabusa from the dusty face of the Itokawa asteroid as well as samples from the Chelyabinsk meteor that exploded over Russia in 2013.

 

[mahdavi3d]

 

[BrianJ]

Hayabusa 2 has returned to deliver it's sample of asteroid Ryugu to Earth in about 40 minutes!
SRC separation and divert operation already completed:

Live coverage of SRC entry and landing:

Amazing stuff! Well done JAXA!

 

[kuddel]

I knew that there was something I missed...thanks for the news!

 

[Thunder Chicken]

Hayabusa 2 re-entry video

 

[Notebook]

Hayabusa-2: Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shape - BBC News

 

[Notebook]

Hayabusa-2: Pieces of an asteroid found inside space capsule - BBC News