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2020-10-26T09:06:09.426Z


Rare documentation: NASA space vehicle Osiris-Rex was able to maneuver around the "son" space rock and collect a rock sample from its surface | Space


Rare documentation: NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft was able to maneuver around the "son" space rock and collect a rock sample from its surface • This is what it looked like

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A little history: The NASA Osiris-Rex research probe, a family-sized aircraft built by Lockheed Martin, landed on the ground of the giant asteroid "Benno", 200 million kilometers from Earth, and collected about 60 grams of Rocky material Yesterday (Sunday) the US Space Agency released the first and most exciting documentation.

The lander landed in a crater called Nightingale, which is 500 meters in size.

After landing while hovering, because the asteroid's gravity is not great, the lander did not actually touch the ground but sent a robotic arm 3.4 meters long.

The contact lasts about 5-6 seconds - long enough to collect samples of gravel.

The spacecraft's journey to the asteroid began in 2016 and it reached it in 2018. NASA's aircraft circled and photographed the vast space rock for two years, and it will make its way back to Earth to test the specimen in NASA's laboratories on September 24. 2023

Astronaut Professor Dante Loretta, of the University of Arizona, who led the four-year guest project, expressed great excitement after the successful operation and said, "This is really history. It's hard to believe we were able to do it because of the complexity of the process. .

And what might we find out?

The "son" asteroid has been in our solar system for about 4.5 billion years, at the time it was formed.

It is also a type C asteroid, rich in carbon.

This element is essential for creating life as we know it.

Researchers and scientists claim that it will help us understand how life was created on Earth, and perhaps also discover signs of life elsewhere.

Source: israelhayom

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