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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid - NASA

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in

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Will take 3 years to get the samples back but what a accomplishment .

Video for reenactment

 

[and 3 others]

That's bad ass. Can't wait to see what the sample contains.

 

[-Arcadia-]

I’m looking forward to my new powers.

 

[-Arcadia-]

A lot of people probably think, ‘just an asteroid’, but getting a chance to sample materials off of these could reveal some crazy, exotic stuff, or expand our understanding of space, considering the distances traveled.

 

[and 3 others]

A lot of people probably think, ‘just an asteroid’, but getting a chance to sample materials off of these could reveal some crazy, exotic stuff, or expand our understanding of space, considering the distances traveled.

Did they guess how old it is? How long it's been in our solar system?

 

[-Arcadia-]

Did they guess how old it is? How long it's been in our solar system?

I don’t know. Destroya’s OP is the first I’ve heard of it. I’d be fascinated to learn those details, though.

 

[DESTROYA]

Did they guess how old it is? How long it's been in our solar system?

Asteroid Bennu originally came from the breakup of a much larger parent body—a planetoid or a proto-planet. But like nearly all other matter in the Solar System, the origins of its minerals and atoms are to be found in dying stars such as red giants and supernovae.[96] According to the accretion theory, this material came together 4.5 billion years ago during the formation of the Solar System.

Bennu's basic mineralogy and chemical nature would have been established during the first 10 million years of the Solar System's formation.

According to Wiki pretty damn old , probably leftovers from when the planets first started forming.

 

[and 3 others]

Asteroid Bennu originally came from the breakup of a much larger parent body—a planetoid or a proto-planet. But like nearly all other matter in the Solar System, the origins of its minerals and atoms are to be found in dying stars such as red giants and supernovae.[96] According to the accretion theory, this material came together 4.5 billion years ago during the formation of the Solar System.

Bennu's basic mineralogy and chemical nature would have been established during the first 10 million years of the Solar System's formation.

According to Wiki pretty damn old , probably leftovers from when the planets first started forming.

Awesome, thank you. That's very cool.

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

"Osiris"
"Bennu"

Why does NASA keep naming their hoax projects after Egyptian deities? It's almost like they worship them...hmmmm...

 

[Compsiox]

Imagine we start mining asteroids and it offsets the gravity of the entire universe and it collapses.

 

[and 3 others]

Imagine we start mining asteroids and it offsets the gravity of the entire universe and it collapses.

Start by mining your own business, we got platinum in those there hills!

 

[Grinchy]

God, this is fucking crazy. With how fast it's moving and far away this is, to be able to just calculate this in advance and send a drone out on a mining mission is really mind-blowing.

 

[DESTROYA]

333,080,883 kilometers away

Average orbital speed

28.0 km/s (63,000 mph)

 

[Eric187]

So we all die in 2023. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[abstract alien]

Every time we land on something, I get surprised at how familiar it looks.

 

[and 3 others]

Every time we land on something, I get surprised at how familiar it looks.

Well, no shit, given that screen name!!!

 

[and 3 others]

God, this is fucking crazy. With how fast it's moving and far away this is, to be able to just calculate this in advance and send a drone out on a mining mission is really mind-blowing.

Right!? And I have to go back to the lumber store for another 1×4 because I cant properly cut for length when a 45 degree angle is involved!!!

 

[Spaceman292]

"Osiris"
"Bennu"

Why does NASA keep naming their hoax projects after Egyptian deities? It's almost like they worship them...hmmmm...

Kinda want to dig into this post but I'm scared to

 

[Slings and Arrows]

Man, who knew Nevada was so rocky.

Life came to this planet on a space rock (comet, asteroid, meteor? i'm sure a geology nerd will correct me) so it would be cool if we found some bacteria or primitive life on there. Maybe...space bears?

 

[Pagusas]

333,080,883 kilometers away

Average orbital speed

28.0 km/s (63,000 mph)

I’m curious what the relative speed to earth was, and how fast the space craft had to speed up to match

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I heard the news yesterday. Truly landmark achievement, since this will be a prerequisite to any asteroid mining operations.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Im more impressed that this was noticed and followed since 1999...20 years of following and finally catching up to it. thats crazy.

 

[triplestation]

I DONT WANNA CLoSE MY EYESSSSS

i DONT WANNA F ALLL ASLeEEEEEEEP

 

[eddie4]

I DONT WANNA CLoSE MY EYESSSSS

i DONT WANNA F ALLL ASLeEEEEEEEP

Cause I'll drill you baby,
And I don't wanna miss this thing,

 

[abstract alien]

Well, no shit, given that screen name!!!

.....ok that's good

 

[RoadHazard]

So very cool. Science is the best.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Neat!

 

[BILLY BIG BALLS]

the 20s could be the best decade since the 1960s for space shit. I am excite.

 

[Pol Pot]

Incredible. Four and a half billion years later...

Us.

Humanity is amazing.


When we feel like it...

 

[The Hamburglar]

should contain the secrets of the universe- after all our dna came from impacts on earth.
wonder if some new material/alloy will be found?

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

they filmed that in Ohio

 

[eddie4]

they filmed that in Ohio

 

[DogofWar]

Fascinating!
I really hope we can take part of whatever they find on it if they manage to bring it back.

 

[Birdo]

I wish I was there.

 

[HellforLeather]

3 years to wait

 

[Stouffers]

 

[Grinchy]

What if they find microscopic life and it's just some frozen covid19?

 

[Pagusas]

What if they find microscopic life and it's just some frozen covid19?

I think we'd all collectively laugh at the absurdity of the universe at that point.

 

[Kenpachii]

It's good to see that the matrix is still getting new updates.

But on a serious note this is amazing.

 

[DESTROYA]

Mission Update:

TAGSAM Head During Sample Imaging
Captured on Oct. 22, this series of three images shows that the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) sampling head on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is full of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu, as well as the fact that some of these particles are escaping the sampler head. Analysis by the OSIRIS-REx team suggests that bits of material are passing through small gaps where the head’s mylar flap is slightly wedged open. The mylar flap (the black bulge visible in the 9 o’clock position inside the ring) is designed to keep the collected material locked inside, and these unsealed areas appear to be caused by larger rocks that didn’t fully pass through the flap. Based on available imagery, the team suspects there is plentiful sample inside the head, and is on a path to stow the sample as quickly as possible.

The images were taken by the spacecraft’s SamCam camera as part of the sample verification procedure following the spacecraft’s Oct. 20 sample collection attempt. The TAGSAM system was developed by Lockheed Martin Space to acquire a sample of asteroid material in a low-gravity environment.

 

[GeorgPrime]

I’m looking forward to my new powers.

If you get in touch with it you will turn into Captain Wokeness

 

[buizel]

NASA Satellite returns with superhuman strength and overwhelming urge to avenge creator