Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Aug 24 2018, 06:48 PM
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NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
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Feb 15 2020, 04:13 PM
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From the OSIRIS-Rex website: "On Feb. 11, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft safely executed a 0.4-mile (620-m) flyover of the backup sample collection site Osprey... Preliminary telemetry, however, indicates that the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) did not operate as expected during the 11-hour event. The OLA instrument was scheduled to provide ranging data to the spacecraft’s PolyCam imager, which would allow the camera to focus while imaging the area around the sample collection site. Consequently, the PolyCam images from the flyover are likely out of focus. The other science instruments... all performed nominally during the flyover... The mission team is currently reviewing the available data from the flyover in order to fully assess the OLA instrument..."
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