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The Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft returned to Earth from its asteroid mission on June 13, 2010. Several high school students recorded the breakup of Hayabusa as it soared through our atmosphere over Australia. Learn the story about how they got to be part of the event.

A video of the JAXA Hayabusa capsule making its blazing return to Earth is shown in a YouTube video filmed by NASA scientists.

After a seven-year, four-billion-kilometer voyage to-and-from an asteroid, the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft has landed in a remote site in Australia after speeding through Earth's atmosphere in a fiery blaze. Welcome back, Hayabusa!

The Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft is returning to Earth with samples taken from asteroid Itokawa. You can catch the re-entry of Hayabusa by linking to a NASA video feed flying near the Australian landing site.

The Hayabusa spacecraft, which traveled to the asteroid Itokawa, is expected to land in Australia on Sunday, June 13, 2010. The Japanese space agency is hoping it will return a valuable collection of data and actual samples from the asteroid.