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Osiris-Rex Successful Mission to Bennu

Osiris-Rex Successful Mission to Bennu

Bennu is an asteroid that could threaten the Earth, though the possibility is a narrow one. Still, a wise move to find out what it is made of, just in case we need to eliminate it sometime in the future. Besides that, the always important question: what are WE made of, what are the prime building blocks of our solar system? Asteroids are untouched remnants of the solar system’s formation.

Canada provided the instruments that made asteroid Bennu the most completely measured asteroid so far, and therefore will receive a portion of the sample for study. https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/osiris-rex/canadas-role.asp

The BBC has the story from the launch of the mission to the arrival at NASA, with videos here: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-66907727

And of course the NASA site is a veritable rabbit hole, pictures, simulations, videos. https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

But this isn’t the end of the story! OSIRIS-REx is now headed back out toward another asteroid. The spacecraft will arrive at Apophis in April 2029, around when the asteroid is expected to encounter Earth.  A few years ago, Apophis was discovered to be on an actual collision course, which was the cause of a lot of excitement, but follow-up studies have it narrowly missing us. Whew! Good idea to learn about its composition. —Cathy

READ ALL ABOUT IT! NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

CBC: An asteroid treasure box lands on Earth on Sunday — and Canada will get a piece of it

Canada played crucial role in OSIRIS-REx mission that collected asteroid fragments

Nicole Mortillaro · CBC News ·
This image shows a rocky walnut-shaped asteroid named Bennu.
After a seven-year mission to the asteroid Bennu, seen here, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is set to drop off its samples on Sunday. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/CSA/York/MDA/The Associated Press)

A spacecraft that has travelled more than 950 million kilometres is dropping off a care package on Sunday: samples from an asteroid that lies more than 100 million kilometres from Earth.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) launched in 2016 destined for an asteroid named Bennu. Its main mission: to stick an arm out, “high-five” the asteroid and then vacuum up some of the debris, referred to as “touch and go.”

It successfully did so in 2020. Now, the rocky samples — roughly 250 grams in total, the largest ever to return to Earth — are on their way to be studied by science teams, including those from Canada.

That’s thanks to our contribution of the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA), an instrument that mapped out the asteroid in 3D in order to find a good place for the sample collection.

READ More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/osiris-rex-sample-return-1.6974159

BBC: Asteroid Bennu: Why the return of samples is so important… in 83 seconds

A capsule carrying precious samples from asteroid Bennu landed on Earth on Sunday.

Nasa scientists hope the material could give hints to how life here began.

BBC Science editor Rebecca Morelle explains why the samples are so important.

Read more: Nasa hails ‘awesome’ recovery of asteroid sample

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OSIRIS-REx touchdown on Bennu video

Watch the OSIRIS-REx touchdown on Bennu video

https://www.planetary.org/video/osiris-rex-touchdown-on-bennu-video

From the Planetary Society:
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This video shows 82 images captured as NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touched the surface of asteroid Bennu to collect a sample on 20 October 2020. The sample head touches Bennu’s surface for 6 seconds while a bottle of nitrogen gas stirs rocks and soil into a collector. The spacecraft then backs away using its thrusters, as debris fills the camera view.

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SPACECRAFT BUZZES EARTH EN ROUTE TO ASTEROID

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SPACECRAFT BUZZES EARTH EN ROUTE TO ASTEROID: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is going to fly past Earth on Sept. 22nd only 10,711 miles away. The daring maneuver will slingshot the probe toward Bennu, a large asteroid that could threaten our planet in the next century. OSIRIS-REx is going to take a closer look at this potentially hazardous space rock and, if all goes as planned, return samples of it to Earth. At closest approach, the spacecraft could become bright enough for advanced amateur astronomers to photograph using backyard telescopes. Observing tips and more information are highlighted on today’s edition of Spaceweather.com.

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Above: The ground track of OSIRIS-REx’s Sept. 22nd flyby. During the hours around closest approach, the spacecraft should shine with as much reflected sunlight as a 9th to 11th magnitude star. [more]

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