#NASA ASTEROID WATCH OCTOBER 2019 FULL#
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The team hopes to collect at least 60 grams of pristine asteroid soil and sample material from the Nightingale site which hopefully includes organics and hydrated minerals – which are the goals of why OSIRIS-Rex was sent to Bennu. The rehearsal brought the spacecraft through the first three maneuvers of the sampling sequence to a point approximately 131 feet (40 meters) above the surface, after which the spacecraft performed a back-away burn.Ĭredits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

#NASA ASTEROID WATCH OCTOBER 2019 SERIES#

11, 2020 during the second rehearsal of the OSIRIS-REx mission’s sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches asteroid Bennu’s surface. ? LIVE FROM Bennu, we see you! Tune in as our spacecraft descends to the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu to attempt to scoop some space rocks from site Nightingale! Watch: Ĭaptured on Aug.

#NASA ASTEROID WATCH OCTOBER 2019 FULL#

“Beginning with an orbit departure maneuver around 1:50 p.m., the full sequence of the complicated engineering feat will be covered on and media and the public can ask questions using the hashtag #ToBennuandBack,” says NASA.īe sure to watch NASA’s broadcast coverage of the agency’s first of its kind mission for its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission as it attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. on NASA Television and the agency’s website. 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 5 p.m. Overall the OSIRIS-REx mission involves an unprecedented 7 year science journey to Bennu and back to collect at least 60 grams of a asteroidal material. This is NASA’s first asteroid sample retrieval mission and takes place about 200 million miles from Earth on a carbon rich Near Earth Asteroid collecting pristine soil and rock samples dating back to the origin of the solar system 4.5 Billion years ago and perhaps gives clues to the origin of life on Earth as well. 20 – after a four year journey from Earth and arriving in orbit 2 years ago for detailed science imaging, spectroscopy, analysis and site selection!

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set for the first sampling attempt at Asteroid Bennu targeted to happen Tuesday afternoon, Oct. Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission readies itself to touch the surface of asteroid Bennu on Oct 20, 2020.

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