Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
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NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
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![]() Merciless Robot ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 ![]() |
Sure is a jagged little beast. Makes me wonder if the regolith is relatively fresh with less thermal & micrometeoritic weathering than we've seen on other comparable bodies.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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