27. Hayabusa2 SRC recovery and sample from Ryugu: A discussion with Shogo Tachibana

Harold C. Connolly Jr. Podcast » Podcast

Coming to you from the Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo, Japan, Shogo Tachibana-sensei and I sit down and discuss his experiences with being a member of the Hayabusa2 space mission sample return capsule (SRC) recovery team, which retrieved the SRC from the Australian outback where it landed safely. We also discuss his experiences with the initial sample analysis phase of the mission, investigating the samples returned from asteroid Ryugu by the JAXA space mission, Hayabusa2, and his ‘wow’ moments on the mission. We both sat in his office and across the table while recording, so we had to wear our masks for protection, thus the quality of the sound is not the best and we both apologize for that.