NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S.mission to bring as asteroid sample to Earth.The space craft is currently returning to Earth after successfully collecting sample materials from Bennu.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx is an acronym for “Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer.” The goal of the mission is to collect a sample weighin 2.1 ounces (59.5)grams from near -Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu and then to bring the sample to Earth.
The mission developed by the scentists at the University or Arizona,will give scientists more information about how the early solar system formed and about how life began. It will also help us better understand asteroids that could impact Earth in the future. On October 20th, 2020, over 60 grams of material from the surface of Bennu was successfully collected. On May 10th, 2021, the spacecraft left Bennu after nearly two years in orbit to begin the two-year voyage back to Earth.
On Sept. 24, 2023, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will approach Earth, but it won’t land. Instead, it will release the capsule carrying the asteroid sample for a parachute landing. The main spacecraft will continue on to orbit the Sun.
The sample capsule will deploy its parachute at an altitude of about 1.9 miles (3 kilometers), bringing it in for a soft landing at the Utah Test and Training Range about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The capsule will be sent to Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where scientists at the Astromaterials Acquisition and Curation Office will catalog it and set aside portions of the sample for partners in the Japanese and Canadian space agencies.
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