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There will be a #Hayabusa2 post-touchdown press conference at 2:00 UTC today (tonight), streaming at - I reckon it'll be in Japanese only. (And 15 minutes after the #Falcon9 lift-off if that happens on time - space action around the clock ... :-)
Nothing noteworthy noted while @haya2e_jaxa was at "gate 5", so it's returning to its standard parking position in 20 km distance from #Ryugu now - the webcast is over, and it's unlikely we'll learn more before the press conference in 1 1/2 hours.
Looks like at we will get the #Hayabusa2 post-touchdown press conference at the top of the hour with an *English* translation. (While at the @SpaceX webcast should still be running - just not enough time for so much space ... ;-)
And the press conference at has begun - with simultaneous translation into English! The sequence for touchdown including the firing has worked well, it can now be stated.
The firing of the cannon in the sampler horn was confirmed by a sudden rise of temperature: the explosives driving the projectile into the ground obviously *did* explode!
The usual terse but clear @JAXA_en press release about the successful first touchdown of Hayabusa 2: global.jaxa.jp/press/2019/02/…
The first close-up image of the #Hayabusa2 touch-down operation! It arrived *during* the JAXA press conference in the past hour and was carried in on a USB stick ... 
