Capturing an Asteroid Sample Return from Down Under

A team of NASA researchers traveled to Australia to work with partners supporting a mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth. The Scientifically Calibrated In-Flight Imagery (SCIFLI) Hayabusa 2 Airborne Reentry Observation Campaign (SHARC) team successfully imaged the reentry of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission Hayabusa 2.

A team of NASA researchers traveled to Australia to work with partners supporting a mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
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