Now safely in the lab.

>To help locate the sample capsule, members of the Defence Force locked on to it as it first began burning through the atmosphere, tracking it with ground cameras and radar. This enabled the JAXA team to locate the sample and send its helicopter team to fly out and collect it at approximately 4:47 a.m., local. The very first person who had the honor of touching the capsule was a safety officer, says Satoru Nakazawa, who led the recovery mission.

Once it acquired the capsule, the recovery team quickly ferried it to a pop-up laboratory within the Woomera Range Operations Center, known as the Quick Look Facility or QLF.

Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid sample makes perfect landing in Australia’s outback

Bubblecar said:

Now safely in the lab.

>To help locate the sample capsule, members of the Defence Force locked on to it as it first began burning through the atmosphere, tracking it with ground cameras and radar. This enabled the JAXA team to locate the sample and send its helicopter team to fly out and collect it at approximately 4:47 a.m., local. The very first person who had the honor of touching the capsule was a safety officer, says Satoru Nakazawa, who led the recovery mission.

Once it acquired the capsule, the recovery team quickly ferried it to a pop-up laboratory within the Woomera Range Operations Center, known as the Quick Look Facility or QLF.

Japan’s Hayabusa2 asteroid sample makes perfect landing in Australia’s outback

Nice

See also:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-06/japanese-hayabusa2-space-mission-capsule-lands-in-outback-sa/12949898

Big week for rocks, as the Chang’e 5 lunar samples are also on their way back

No crash. Now that’s great news.

I’ve always been nervous since the Genesis sample return capsule crash-landed in Utah on September 8, 2004.

Excellent news that all is good.