NASA Spacecraft Just Dove 75 Metres Above an Asteroid’s Surface, And The Photos Are Epic

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is getting ready for its big moment. OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) is at asteroid Bennu, preparing to collect a sample of ancient rock. And collecting that sample means taking step after meticulous step.

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….. dived …..

Tau.Neutrino said:

NASA Spacecraft Just Dove 75 Metres Above an Asteroid’s Surface, And The Photos Are Epic

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is getting ready for its big moment. OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) is at asteroid Bennu, preparing to collect a sample of ancient rock. And collecting that sample means taking step after meticulous step.

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Thanks for the update. I’d forgotten that OSIRIS-REx was still out there.

They still haven’t collected a sample? I’m surprised. I expected that within two months of Hayabusa II’s sample collection.

By the way, on top of a rock is not necessarily the best place to collect a soil sample from. A puff of nitrogen there might not bring up much.

In a few weeks on the 27 of this month the US will be sending men back into space since a long time.
It’ll be nail biting.
There will no doubt be a thread closer to the event.
rubs hands