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10 top achievements of NASA in 2023: Bennu, Psyche to Dinkinesh, check them all out
26Dec By adminNo Comments
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10 top achievements of NASA in 2023: Bennu, Psyche to Dinkinesh, check them all out

[ad_1] 2023 has been a ground-breaking year for NASA. From receiving asteroid sample to launching Psyche spacecraft, the US space agency achieved various milestones. As the year ends, we have compiled a list of 10 achievements of NASA.10 top achievements of NASA in 2023:1. This year NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio achieved a historic milestone as the first American to spend over a year in space, showcasing NASA's commitment to prolonged human space exploration. 2. OSIRIS-REx successfully deposited Bennu asteroid sample in the Utah desert, offering insights into the ancient building blocks of life on Earth 3. The Psyche asteroid spacecraft launched from NASA Kennedy Space Centre.4. NASA's Lucy spacecraft conducted its first target asteroid flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh at the inner edge of the ...
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Wow! NASA finds building blocks of LIFE in Bennu Asteroid sample!
12Oct By adminNo Comments
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Wow! NASA finds building blocks of LIFE in Bennu Asteroid sample!

[ad_1] NASA has been making efforts to track and study asteroids to remove uncertainties about their close approaches with Earth and know about any potential impacts. Through its various advanced instruments, NASA revealed that a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) called Bennu has a 1/2700 chance of impacting Earth between 2175 and 2195. In efforts to study this space rock, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) on September 8, 2016. The mission involved travelling to the asteroid, landing on its surface, collecting dust and rock samples, and returning them to Earth. The mission is now over as the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft recently released the sample container over Earth, after which it underwent a “nitroge...
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When NASA opened Asteroid Bennu capsule brought back to Earth by Osiris-Rex, THIS is what it found
30Sep By adminNo Comments
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When NASA opened Asteroid Bennu capsule brought back to Earth by Osiris-Rex, THIS is what it found

[ad_1] After seven years in space, NASA's Osiris-Rex probe has captured the world's attention with its successful return to Earth, carrying a precious chunk of asteroid sample. This achievement promises groundbreaking insights into the origins of our solar system and potential threats from asteroids. Notably, Osiris-Rex traveled billions of miles before jettisoning the precious cargo capsule back towards Earth. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft was some 63000 miles above Earth when it released the capsule carrying the asteroid sample, which fell back to Earth. The craft itself shot by the Earth.What was on the capsule?FRANCE 24's Science reporter Shirli Sitbon, who is currently taking a close look at the mission, said that, As the lid of the capsule containing the asteroid material was opened, ...
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Largest Asteroid Sample Ever Collected Is Coming Down to Earth
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Largest Asteroid Sample Ever Collected Is Coming Down to Earth

[ad_1] Chunks of asteroid that could tell us about the earliest days of the 4.5 billion-year-old solar system and the possible origins of water on our planet are set to land in the Utah desert Sunday.It's a moment more than a decade in the making for a NASA mission called OSIRIS-REx. Its goal was to scoop up a large sample of rocks and dust from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu and bring it to our planet to study. The spacecraft successfully snagged its prize in 2020 and this weekend will finally pass by Earth and release a capsule containing the sample and send it careening down to Utah. “This is, of course, the moment we've all been waiting for,” said Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Science Mission Directorate's Planetary Science Division. The sample will help scientists get a snapsho...
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NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid
23Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid

[ad_1] Planet Earth is about to receive a special delivery — the biggest sample yet from an asteroid.A NASA spacecraft will fly by Earth on Sunday and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu. closing out a seven-year quest. The sample capsule will parachute into the Utah desert as its mothership, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft, zooms off for an encounter with another asteroid. Scientists anticipate getting about a half pound (250 grams) of pebbles and dust, much more than the teaspoon or so brought back by Japan from two other asteroids. No other country has fetched pieces of asteroids, preserved time capsules from the dawn of our solar system that can help explain how Earth — and life — came to be.Sunday's landing concludes a 4 billion-...
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450-meter asteroid Bennu samples to come back to Earth on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx; know when
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450-meter asteroid Bennu samples to come back to Earth on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx; know when

[ad_1] More than six years have passed since the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft embarked on its unique mission. Unlike most NASA expeditions, the spacecraft's destination was not a planet or a moon, but a 450-meter wide asteroid named 101955 Bennu. The mission's objective was to collect a minimum of 60 grams of sample material from the asteroid and return it to Earth. Right now, it is on the way home with almost 250 grams of primitive rocks stored in its locker. And to add to the excitement, NASA has announced the return date for the spacecraft to touch down on the Earth and how it is planning to recover the sample.NASA reported in a press release that its first-of-a-kind mission will end on September 24 when the spacecraft will return to Earth. But the biggest challenge for the space agenc...
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission: First Asteroid Sample return started
19Oct By adminNo Comments
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission: First Asteroid Sample return started

[ad_1] NASA's first asteroid sample capsule retrieval attempt through the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has started the journey to earth. NASA's spacecraft that will return an asteroid sample to Earth is finally homeward bound. The asteroid sample will be returned to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security -Regolith Explorer) next year in 2023. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft started its journey in 2021, and now it is expected to return a sample of the asteroid 'Bennu' on September 24, 2023. As reported by Phys.org, OSIRIS-REx, fired its thrusters for 30 seconds on Sept. 21. To ensure the safe delivery of the capsule containing the Bennu sample to earth's atmosphere, Mike Moreau, OSIRIS-REx deputy project manager at NASA's Goddard Space F...
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