Image: Hayabusa Re-Entery

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Description: The JAXA Hayabusa spacecraft streaked across the sky like a sabre of light through the clouds as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over the Woomera Test Range in Australia. In Kingoonya, the spacecraft’s re-entry was visible to the human eye for only 15 seconds.
Title: Hayabusa Re-Entery
Credit: NASA Image of the Day
Author: NASA/Ed Schilling
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