Earth Return & Sample Science |
Earth Return & Sample Science |
Oct 24 2020, 07:02 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Now that the 'boop' has been completed (with spectacular success!), we'll move the discussion to here for subsequent mission events.
-------------------- 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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Jan 19 2021, 08:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 435 Joined: 14-December 15 Member No.: 7860 |
Considerations on the extended OSIRIS-REx mission to Apophis:
https://www.space.com/osiris-rex-asteroid-p...it-apophis-2029 : „...scientists behind NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission are contemplating sending the spacecraft to study a second asteroid in 2029, this time the infamous Apophis. If that appointment comes to be, the spacecraft will arrive at Apophis in April 2029... The OSIRIS-REx team plans to propose an extended mission to NASA in the summer of 2022, Lauretta said. Visiting Apophis is one option for what that extended mission could look like, but so far, it's the only target that engineers have found the spacecraft could visit long-term...” |
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