The OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft performed better than expected during its first close encounter with the Sun. The spacecraft is operating nominally, and is headed towards a close encounter with Asteroid Apophis in 2029. The spacecraft has to execute five more close passes to the Sun. The OSIRIS-APEX mission travelling through space. (Image Credit: NASA). New …
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has delivered an extraordinary revelation with its sample collection from asteroid Bennu, unveiling a treasure trove of clues about the origins of life. Initial studies of the 4.5-billion-year-old sample have uncovered the presence of carbon and water, suggesting that the fundamental components for life on Earth may also exist within this extraterrestrial …
NASA scientists recently conducted a study on asteroid rocks that their spacecraft took from a distant “potentially hazardous” asteroid. The findings reveal that the spacecraft managed to take hold of a significant portion of the asteroid, almost more than double what was expected. In 2023, the OSIRIS-REx capsule was taken to NASA’s Johnson Space Center …
Eight sample trays with material from asteroid Bennu. (Image Credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld and Joseph Aebersold). Subscribe to Notifications Subscribe to Notifications NASA has announced that the OSIRIS-REx mission has managed to retrieve 121.6 grams of material from asteroid Bennu. The amount of material recovered is slightly more than twice the …
NASA successfully gathered more samples from asteroid Bennu than it initially anticipated, with the OSIRIS-REx mission now being deemed more than a success. 2 VIEW GALLERY – 2 IMAGES NASA’s ORISIS-REx spacecraft delivered more than 120 grams of Bennu asteroid samples back to Earth on September 24, 2023, with the space agency now saying it …
After months of waiting, NASA said on Friday it has finally opened the OSIRIS-Rex sampler head to access the precious sample from the asteroid Bennu contained inside. The sample container landed on Earth in September but two fasteners of the container were stuck, preventing the opening of the container. But on January 10, NASA engineers …
Who doesn’t love showing off their collection of cool rocks? NASA was last week after struggling with it for a couple of months, and now, it’s sharing a look at what’s inside. The space agency published a high-resolution image of the newly opened Touch-and-Go-Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) on Friday, revealing all the dust and rocks …
Washington: Mission officials at NASA’s OSIRIS-REx have successfully unlocked the last two of the 35 fasteners from the sampler head that had prevented the remainder of asteroid Bennu sample material from being accessed. About 8.8 ounces of rocky material collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in 2020 was brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx …
New mission, who dis? The spacecraft formerly known as OSIRIS-REx had an impromptu close encounter with the Sun as it follows a newly crafted route to a second asteroid, using one of its solar arrays for shade. Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox Controller You may remember NASA’s diligent spacecraft that snagged a sample from an …
NASA’s mission to unravel the secrets of the solar system has hit an unexpected snag. Two months after obtaining a crucial sample from an asteroid, the space agency finds itself grappling with a perplexing setback—it can’t open the canister containing the precious extraterrestrial material. On September 24, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully returned to Earth with …