Hayabusa2 is set for another milestone in its six-year, 5.2 billion kilometre journey this week, with its sample return capsule from the asteroid Ryugu landing right here in the Aussie desert. The Japanese explorer is carrying the first-ever sub-surface asteroid samples - one of only a few extra-terrestrial samples to have ever been brought to Earth.

This is a recording of the Australian Science Media Centre online briefing, where we hear from four major players in the mission ahead of the Hayabusa2 capsule landing in Woomera on December 6.

Speakers:
Anthony Murfett is the Deputy Head of the Australian Space Agency
Professor Masaki Fujimoto is Deputy Director General of the Department of Solar System Sciences at ISAS/JAXA.
Andrew Seedhouse is Chief of Intelligence, Surveillance and Space Division (ISSD) at DST.
Dr Ed Kruzins is CSIRO Director of NASA Operations and Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.

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