Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Aug 24 2018, 06:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
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Oct 22 2020, 04:34 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 362 Joined: 12-June 05 From: Kiama, Australia Member No.: 409 |
Good spray of material with the nitrogen blast. This is what they were looking for to indicate a good potential for a sample
https://youtu.be/LJBv4reH9IU |
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Oct 22 2020, 06:33 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 7-July 15 Member No.: 7562 |
Good spray of material with the nitrogen blast. This is what they were looking for to indicate a good potential for a sample https://youtu.be/LJBv4reH9IU Thank you for making the retimed video. Really like it touchdown on the rocky equivalent of styrofoam or cheese puff. The rocks are "just" hold" together. Nitrogen pressure might have been overkill. Hope they got a good sample. |
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Oct 22 2020, 06:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2530 Joined: 20-April 05 Member No.: 321 |
Wow, the expectation was that these rocks would be unlike anything in our meteorite collections because they couldn't survive entering the Earth's atmosphere. That turns out to be a profound understatement. These samples really could represent something we've never seen before.
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Oct 23 2020, 03:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Oklahoma Member No.: 557 |
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