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Topic: NASA’s Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Secuirty Regolith Explorer
During its October 20th, 2020, sample collection event, the spacecraft collected a substantial amount of material from Bennu’s surface, likely exceeding the mission’s requirement of 2 ounces (60 grams). ![]() This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft touches surface of Asteroid Bennu, collects Samples
This well-preserved, ancient asteroid, known as Bennu, is currently more than 200 million miles (321 million kilometers) from Earth. ![]() NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission readies itself to touch the surface of asteroid Bennu. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA releases Broadcast times for OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Activities
Live coverage of the spacecraft’s descent to the asteroid’s surface for its “Touch-And-Go,” or TAG, maneuver, which will be managed by Lockheed Martin Space near Denver, will begin at 4:00pm CT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. ![]() NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission readies itself to touch the surface of asteroid Bennu. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft finds water on Asteroid BennuNASA Headquarters
During the mission’s approach phase, between mid-August and early December, the spacecraft traveled 1.4 million miles (2.2 million km) on its journey from Earth to arrive at a location 12 miles (19 km) from Bennu on December 3rd, 2018. ![]() This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km). (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, MondayNASA Headquarters
The spacecraft will spend almost a year surveying the asteroid with five scientific instruments with the goal of selecting a location that is safe and scientifically interesting to collect the sample. OSIRIS-REx will return the sample to Earth in September 2023. ![]() This image taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft shows Bennu from a distance of around 50 miles (80 km). The spacecraft’s PolyCam camera obtained the thirty-six 2.2-millisecond frames over a period of four hours and 18 minutes. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Arizona) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA advances Exploration Objectives in 2016Written by Bob Jacobs / Allard Beutel
“This past year marked record-breaking progress in our exploration objectives,” said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. “We advanced the capabilities we’ll need to travel farther into the solar system while increasing observations of our home and the universe, learning more about how to continuously live and work in space, and, of course, inspiring the next generation of leaders to take up our Journey to Mars and make their own discoveries.” ![]() This illustration depicts NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter, with its solar arrays and main antenna pointed toward the distant sun and Earth. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
NASA to hold Asteroid Naming Contest for StudentsWritten by Elizabeth Zubritsky
Scheduled to launch in 2016, the mission is called the Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx). Samples returned from the primitive surface of the near-Earth asteroid currently called (101955) 1999 RQ36 could hold clues to the origin of the solar system and organic molecules that may have seeded life on Earth. «Read the rest of this article» Sections: Technology | No Comments
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