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Japan's Hayabusa2 probe to conduct flyby of Torifune asteroid

173 points by dvh 3mo ago

onlypassingthru 3mo ago
I'll never work in Mission Control, but the Hayabusa2 website lets me pretend I do. Kudos to whomever designed this website: https://haya2now.jp/en.html https://haya2now.jp/en.html
- _joel 3mo ago
  Build your own - https://nasa.github.io/openmct/ https://nasa.github.io/openmct/ :)
  - jayzer01 3mo ago
    Interesting. Do you think people could really use openmct for a fun display or is it quite a heavy project to try to work with for that.
    - dothack 3mo ago
      I know it's used for some racing sim stuff: https://github.com/nasa/openmct/discussions/6392 https://github.com/nasa/openmct/discussions/6392
      - jayzer01 3mo ago
        I see, thanks. Maybe it could be cool to make a light branch for personal sim projects.
      - nirav72 3mo ago
        I wonder if someone has hooked this up to Kerbal Space Program.
        ApolloRising 3mo ago
        check the plugins page, it is there in experimental condition
        nirav72 3mo ago
        Thanks. Based on your suggestion - I found this on the plugins page. in case someone else is interested: https://github.com/hudsonfoo/kerbal-openmct https://github.com/hudsonfoo/kerbal-openmct
        jayzer01 3mo ago
        Wow this particular game is huge feature wise. I would be more keen to look at and make my own tiny subsection of what this game has, like just the launch, just the landing, just the orbit, just the rocket firing in space, could be fun.
- alexpotato 3mo ago
  If people love to watch novel use cases of dashboard software like Grafana etc, I highly recommend this video about it being used at a water treatment plant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wucMZ9tb1I0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wucMZ9tb1I0
slicktux 3mo ago
My favorite space probe is the European Space Agency Philae. It probes the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and actually landed on it. It was able to send back images of its surface. Amazing!
- GildenEye 3mo ago
  It's such a pity about Philae. With just a little more luck, we could have gathered much more information about the comet, even though its achievements are already truly memorable. I wonder when we'll finally be able to land on a comet again.
- Sharlin 3mo ago
  It was certainly cute, but let's not forget that it was always just a "nice extra" to the main Rosetta mission. But it did teach us that landing on (and grabbing onto) a comet surface can be tricky and fail even if you're equipped with several contingency mechanisms. BTW, ESA is unfortunately not nearly as famous for its public outreach work as NASA, but the Rosetta/Philae PR team was on fire, releasing an incredibly charming series of cartoon animations documenting the mission: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/12/The_amazing_adventures_of_Rosetta_and_Philae https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/12/The_amazin... Be sure to watch until the very end for a very tear-jerking scene :') And while you're at it, watch the related live-action short science fiction film "Ambition", starring Aidan Gillen: https://youtu.be/H08tGjXNHO4?si=wtEWdv6OmX5y7-eg https://youtu.be/H08tGjXNHO4?si=wtEWdv6OmX5y7-eg
  - slicktux 3mo ago
    Thank you! I will definitely check it out!
- numpad0 3mo ago
  Both Hayabusa 1 and 2 did sample returns, this flyby is an afterlife extra.
- whycome 3mo ago
  Why is this comet comment downvoted. Thats super interesting. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/67p-churyumov-gerasimenko/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/67p-churyumov-g...
pavel_lishin 3mo ago
> During the flyby, Hayabusa2 was expected to approach as close as 800 meters from the center of Torifune and to capture images of the asteroid while traveling at a relative speed of 5 kilometers per second. Imagine the sort of work required to get clear photos of that. It would be hard to show up at work the next day if all you have is a blurry streak like you're taking photos on a rollercoaster with a disposable camera in 1993.
- dylan604 3mo ago
  Couldn't you just use the algos to put that blurry streak back together. It's a known speed and straight trajectory and not even as complicated like the bouncing roller coaster image. Similar-ish to rolling shutter correction???
  - pavel_lishin 3mo ago
    Maybe? But I would think there's a limit to how much you can do with an "overexposed" image, right?
pmontra 3mo ago
The real title of the article is very different: "Japan's Hayabusa2 probe completes flyby of Torifune asteroid" The flyby already happened last Sunday.
tjpnz 3mo ago
Seems it was successful and they captured an image: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/science/20260706-336777/ https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/science/20260...
fleroviumna 3mo ago
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173 points by dvh 3mo ago

I'll never work in Mission Control, but the Hayabusa2 website lets me pretend I do. Kudos to whomever designed this website: https://haya2now.jp/en.html https://haya2now.jp/en.html

_joel 3mo ago
Build your own - https://nasa.github.io/openmct/ https://nasa.github.io/openmct/ :)
- jayzer01 3mo ago
  Interesting. Do you think people could really use openmct for a fun display or is it quite a heavy project to try to work with for that.
  - dothack 3mo ago
    I know it's used for some racing sim stuff: https://github.com/nasa/openmct/discussions/6392 https://github.com/nasa/openmct/discussions/6392
    - jayzer01 3mo ago
      I see, thanks. Maybe it could be cool to make a light branch for personal sim projects.
    - nirav72 3mo ago
      I wonder if someone has hooked this up to Kerbal Space Program.
      - ApolloRising 3mo ago
        check the plugins page, it is there in experimental condition
        nirav72 3mo ago
        Thanks. Based on your suggestion - I found this on the plugins page. in case someone else is interested: https://github.com/hudsonfoo/kerbal-openmct https://github.com/hudsonfoo/kerbal-openmct
        jayzer01 3mo ago
        Wow this particular game is huge feature wise. I would be more keen to look at and make my own tiny subsection of what this game has, like just the launch, just the landing, just the orbit, just the rocket firing in space, could be fun.
alexpotato 3mo ago
If people love to watch novel use cases of dashboard software like Grafana etc, I highly recommend this video about it being used at a water treatment plant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wucMZ9tb1I0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wucMZ9tb1I0

slicktux 3mo ago

My favorite space probe is the European Space Agency Philae. It probes the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and actually landed on it. It was able to send back images of its surface. Amazing!

GildenEye 3mo ago
It's such a pity about Philae. With just a little more luck, we could have gathered much more information about the comet, even though its achievements are already truly memorable. I wonder when we'll finally be able to land on a comet again.
Sharlin 3mo ago
It was certainly cute, but let's not forget that it was always just a "nice extra" to the main Rosetta mission. But it did teach us that landing on (and grabbing onto) a comet surface can be tricky and fail even if you're equipped with several contingency mechanisms. BTW, ESA is unfortunately not nearly as famous for its public outreach work as NASA, but the Rosetta/Philae PR team was on fire, releasing an incredibly charming series of cartoon animations documenting the mission: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/12/The_amazing_adventures_of_Rosetta_and_Philae https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/12/The_amazin... Be sure to watch until the very end for a very tear-jerking scene :') And while you're at it, watch the related live-action short science fiction film "Ambition", starring Aidan Gillen: https://youtu.be/H08tGjXNHO4?si=wtEWdv6OmX5y7-eg https://youtu.be/H08tGjXNHO4?si=wtEWdv6OmX5y7-eg
- slicktux 3mo ago
  Thank you! I will definitely check it out!
numpad0 3mo ago
Both Hayabusa 1 and 2 did sample returns, this flyby is an afterlife extra.
whycome 3mo ago
Why is this comet comment downvoted. Thats super interesting. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/67p-churyumov-gerasimenko/ https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/67p-churyumov-g...

pavel_lishin 3mo ago

> During the flyby, Hayabusa2 was expected to approach as close as 800 meters from the center of Torifune and to capture images of the asteroid while traveling at a relative speed of 5 kilometers per second. Imagine the sort of work required to get clear photos of that. It would be hard to show up at work the next day if all you have is a blurry streak like you're taking photos on a rollercoaster with a disposable camera in 1993.

dylan604 3mo ago
Couldn't you just use the algos to put that blurry streak back together. It's a known speed and straight trajectory and not even as complicated like the bouncing roller coaster image. Similar-ish to rolling shutter correction???
- pavel_lishin 3mo ago
  Maybe? But I would think there's a limit to how much you can do with an "overexposed" image, right?

pmontra 3mo ago

The real title of the article is very different: "Japan's Hayabusa2 probe completes flyby of Torifune asteroid" The flyby already happened last Sunday.

tjpnz 3mo ago

Seems it was successful and they captured an image: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/science/20260706-336777/ https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/science-nature/science/20260...

fleroviumna 3mo ago

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