Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes second touchdown on distant asteroid

by Ultramanoid on 7/11/2019, 3:14 AM with 23 comments
  • by m3at on 7/11/2019, 4:41 AM

    Only tangentially related but I'd like to share it as space nerds (like me) may love it:

    https://mainenginecutoff.com/blog/2019/05/downlink

    This is a small mac app getting real time satellite images, and using it as your wallpaper. One of the source is Jaxa's Himawari-8, hence the link.

    Also, the podcasts from Anthony Colangelo (same page) are pretty good to keep up with the space industry

  • by JKCalhoun on 7/11/2019, 4:10 AM

    The engineers (and press?) look so excited in that photo. Wonderful to have something positive on a national level to root for. While I'm happy for the USA's women's soccer victory, I suppose I prefer to root for the technical triumphs more. ;-)

  • by ziotom78 on 7/11/2019, 5:20 AM

    Congratulations to JAXA for this big achievement!

  • by rbrbr on 7/11/2019, 9:32 AM

    Where are the pictures / videos?

  • by hex12648430 on 7/11/2019, 12:55 PM

    I'm glad this mission seems to go way better than the previous one.

  • by sidcool on 7/11/2019, 12:30 PM

    Big achievement. Mind bogglingly complex mission.

  • by buboard on 7/11/2019, 11:24 AM

    I wonder what it would take to attach a booster to an asteroid and bring it in earth orbit

  • by StorytellerCZ on 7/11/2019, 7:59 AM

    Amazing! Looking forward to what they will find out once they start drilling.

  • by nao360 on 7/11/2019, 4:53 PM

    Banzai!

  • by tosca on 7/11/2019, 5:37 AM

    Who really believes this?

  • by KaenDagger on 7/11/2019, 4:49 AM

    Lol

  • by olah_1 on 7/11/2019, 4:24 PM

    How did they manage this with such little diversity among the crew?