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space2 years ago•3 min saved

"NASA Successfully Releases Trapped Bennu Asteroid Sample"

NASA successfully removed two stuck fasteners from the sample return capsule of its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, allowing access to rocks and dust collected from the asteroid Bennu. The team developed new tools to tackle the stubborn fasteners, ensuring the asteroid samples are not contaminated during processing. Once the disassembly is complete, the full sample will be weighed, and ultra-high-resolution pictures will be taken before distribution to the scientific community for further research. Studying samples from the primitive space rock Bennu could reveal new clues about our cosmic neighborhood.

via Space.com|

#asteroid-bennu #nasa #osiris-rex

space2 years ago•1 min saved

"NASA's Probe Chute Failure Traced to Mislabelled Wires"

NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule successfully landed on Earth, despite a parachute failure caused by a labeling error. The label "main" was mistakenly used for both the device that deployed the drogue chute and the pyrotechnic charge used to cut its line. As a result, the parachute was cut away prematurely, but the main parachute was sturdy enough to handle the faster-than-expected deployment velocity, allowing the capsule to land safely and the samples to be recovered.

via Hackaday|

#asteroid #nasa #osiris-rex

space-exploration2 years ago•2 min saved

Unexpected Discoveries: NASA's Asteroid Capsule Yields Abundance of Surprises

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured a black and white sequence of its sample return capsule as it descended towards Earth, releasing debris from asteroid Bennu. The capsule performed a parachute-assisted landing in the Utah desert, and scientists have discovered an abundance of debris from the asteroid, indicating that more bits were collected than expected. The spacecraft is now heading towards its next mission, exploring asteroid Apophis, and will be renamed OSIRIS-APEX.

via Gizmodo|

#asteroid-apophis #asteroid-bennu #nasa