Radar tracking and a beacon in the container itself should guide scientists to the drop location.
The requirement to avoid all earthly contamination means the capsule will not immediately
be moved from its landing site. The sterile protocols the mission team will follow
will not permit the capsule's evacuation and transfer to Japan for a few days.
The container will be delivered to Jaxa's Sagamihara curation facility for analysis.
It could be some months before scientists are able to say with confidence
that Hayabusa did indeed capture fragments of Itokawa.
