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Hayabusa lights up the Australian sky

Hayabusa lights up the Australian sky
Hayabusa lights up the Australian sky A view of Hayabusa burning up over Australia courtesy of the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shumbun. Yomiuri Shimbun

The Hayabusa spacecraft reenters Earth's atmosphere and burns up over Australia on June 13, 2010.