Awesome.
I’ll try to find some coverage.
It might be a few days before we find out how much asteroid material was brought back. They are not sure if the device used to gather the stuff actually worked or not, but even if it didn’t work there should still be some. The landing in itself should have driven some material into the container.
(from the article)
Watch it Live
An attempt will be made to provide a live video feed of the Hayabusa reentry around 13:51 GMT.
The video will be chosen from cameras operated onboard NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Laboratory by Jesse Carpenter and Greg Merkes of NASA Ames Research Center, or those operated by Ron Dantowitz, Marek Kozubal, James Brietmeyer and Brigitte Berman of Clay Center Observatory, or those operated by Mike Taylor and Jonathan Snively of Utah State University.
The video feed will be transmitted by the DC-8 aircraft via INMARSAT, though it may not be of high quality.
See it here at: http://sgqtss.arc.nasa.gov:554/dc8-current.sdp
(The .sdp extension a Real Networks extension I assume is for the Real Player)