After more than two years of sightseeing at an asteroid, a NASA spacecraft is now heading home. Scientists cannot wait to get their hands on the souvenirs it is bringing back.
Beginning at about 4 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft, about 180 million miles away, fired its thrusters for seven minutes to push itself away from Bennu, an asteroid that is a bit wider than the Empire State Building is tall.
"The burn was right down the middle," said Jason Dworkin, the mission's project scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. "It looks perfect."
This 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid may hold the answer to how the Earth came into being, Nasa
If different celestial bodies present in the space and our solar system spark your interest, then this recent share by Nasa may leave you fascinated. Mentioning an ancient asteroid, Nasa shared a post on Instagram, detailing experiments that are yet to be conducted with the samples of the 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. The post may leave you with many questions and eagerness to know more about the asteroid.
"STOP: 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid crossing! You're looking at a real image of asteroid Bennu captured from @NASASolarSystem's #OSIRISRex spacecraft," read the first few lines of the post. It goes on to detail how the spacecraft is returning to Earth after five years of collecting samples from the ancient asteroid.
Video of NASA Probe Landing on Asteroid Is Otherworldly - Nerdist
On December 3, 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx space probe successfully approached its destination: the asteroid Bennu. Now, the space agency has released a summary look at the OSIRIS-REx mission, which features 4K video of the approach. And the first-person glimpse of what it’s like to close in on another (tiny) world is quite enlightening.
The first section of the video shows Bennu grow in size as OSIRIS-REx closes in on the asteroid. Bennu begins as just a few pixels in the middle of the screen, but quickly blooms into a spinning nodule of rock. As the nodule itself grows in size, the dusty, rocky surface of Bennu comes into crisp focus. Albeit in black and white. (We’re getting spoiled with color images of other worlds now.)
Asteroid the Size of the Statue of Liberty Due to Zoom Past Earth This Week
An asteroid as big as the Statue of Liberty is due to swing past our planet this week, according to NASA data.
The space rock, called 2015 KJ19, is expected to pass our planet at around 6:00 a.m. EDT on May 14. At the time, it will be at its closest distance to Earth as it orbits around the sun.
Scientists call this a "close approach." At its closest distance to us, 2015 KJ19 is expected to be around 15 times as far away as the moon, so the event will be safe.
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Nasa: Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx begins 2-year return journey with rubble samples from asteroid
With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror. (AP)
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✌️ Bye bye, Bennu! @NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft left Bennu yesterday and is now on its way back to Earth with samp… https://t.co/1jLX9P3ZbZ airandspace (from Smithsonian, Washington DC) Tue May 11 21:57:01 +0000 2021
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