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 Invites Media to Briefing on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Stowage
NASA will host a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today, Thursday, Oct. 29, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft and […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Goes for Early Stow of Asteroid Sample
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is ready to perform an early stow on Tuesday, Oct. 27, of the large sample it collected last week from the surface of the asteroid Bennu to protect and return as much […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid
Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission […]
NASA Invites Media to Briefing on OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection
NASA will host a media teleconference at 5:00 p.m. EDT today, Friday, Oct. 23, to provide an update on the status of the agency’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft and […]
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 […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface […]
Update: NASA to Broadcast OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Activities
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:12 […]
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 […]
NASA to Broadcast OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Activities
NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:12 […]
Your Guide to the OSIRIS-REx sample collection
💡 Why sample return matters Precision. Some space-bound experiments can’t be done very precisely. One example is determining the origin and age of a rock, which is important for piecing together timelines of what happened […]
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 […]