NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abundant sample of asteroid Bennu. Source link
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NASA’s Osiris-REX Has Stowed Its Bite Out of Asteroid Bennu - Sky & Telescope
Stowing TAGSAM in the Sample Return Container. NASA / Goddard / University of Arizona / Lockheed Martin Space history was made last week, as NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (Osiris-REX) mission […]
NASA grabs sample of asteroid Bennu that’s so big some bits are escaping
The spacecraft’s sampling arm, called the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, over the target sample site during a dress rehearsal in April. NASA NASA’s asteroid-chaser Osiris-Rex completed a key part of its mission this week by managing to […]
NASA robotic arm overflowing with spoils of asteroid Bennu theft
The spacecraft’s sampling arm, called the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, over the target sample site during a dress rehearsal in April. NASA NASA’s asteroid-chaser Osiris-Rex completed a key part of its mission this week by managing to […]
Osiris-REX “TAGs” Bennu, Returns Stunning Views - Sky & Telescope
This image captures the sample-collecting arm, known as TAGSAM, at the moment it contacted Bennu. NASA After more than a year and a half of exploration and mapping from afar, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource […]
OSIRIS-Rex to Perform Touch-and-Go Sampling at Bennu - Sky & Telescope
An artist’s conception of Osiris-REX approaching asteroid 101955 Bennu. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona It’s been a long time coming, but if all goes as planned, NASA’s Osiris-REX spacecraft will reach out and touch asteroid 101955 Bennu […]
High-fiving Bennu and slingshotting Venus
Get ready for OSIRIS-REx’s upcoming sample collection and share your gift ideas for space lovers. Source link
Osiris-REX Finds Some of Solar System’s Oldest Rocks on Bennu - Sky & Telescope
Carbonate rocks that crystallized just a few million years after the birth of the solar system now lie on the surface of near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu. They were likely born within water flowing inside a […]