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Capsule Collection, Operation Hayabusa 2
December 7, 2020 7:20 am
Rina Noguchi (provided by JAXA) on the left and Kento Yoshikawa on the right
Pickup job for capsules dropped by “Hayabusa 2” = December 6, desert near Umera in South Australia (provided by JAXA)
The capsule, which is expected to contain the stones from the asteroid Ryugu launched by the “Hayabusa 2” spacecraft of the Aerospace Research and Development Organization (JAXA), plunged into Earth’s atmosphere before dawn on December 6, and about 30 minutes later, the morning of the same day, Japan time. At 2:54, it landed and recovered as planned in the desert near Woomera in South Australia. A feat after the first “Hayabusa”. The exploration, which flew 5.240 million kilometers, was completed in 2,195 days, about six years after launch. Two young researchers from Fukui prefecture took over missions in Japan and Australia, respectively, and participated in a large project. Through JAXA, he commented to Fukui Shimbun that “the Japanese and Australian teams were able to successfully deliver and collect the capsules on land,” expressing their joy at accomplishing the feat.
⇒[Publicado D]The story of each of the two
Rina Noguchi (32) from Sakai City was active as a member of the local collection team. As a researcher and developer at the JAXA Institute for Space Sciences, I have been involved in Ryugu research. This time, I volunteered to recruit a recovery team and jumped into a desert area where the daytime temperature reached 46 degrees Celsius.
In the recovery team, I acted as a link to transmit the orientation information of the falling capsules. He carefully prepared himself and played a role, saying, “I want to continue the position estimation work safely and smoothly.”
In the JAXA control room in Sagamihara city, Kanagawa prefecture, the person involved in the Hayabusa 2 operation is Kento Yoshikawa (30), a research and development member of the First Research Unit of the Research Division and JAXA Development of Fukui City. The control room was informed before dawn of the successful retrieval of the capsule. “I am filled with relief and joy,” he said.
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