Washington, Aug 31 (Ians) A team of NASA scientists is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first US asteroid sample — slated to land on Earth in September on Osiris-REx spacecraft.
Osiris-REx, the first US mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, will return to Earth on September 24 with material from asteroid Bennu. It is carrying an estimated 8.8 ounces of rocky material collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in 2020.
A mockup of an Osiris-REx sample capsule was dropped on Wednesday from an aircraft and landed at the drop zone at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range in the desert outside Salt Lake City. This was part of the mission’s final major test prior to the arrival of the actual capsule.
“We are now mere weeks away from receiving a piece of solar system history on Earth, and this successful...
Osiris-REx, the first US mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, will return to Earth on September 24 with material from asteroid Bennu. It is carrying an estimated 8.8 ounces of rocky material collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu in 2020.
A mockup of an Osiris-REx sample capsule was dropped on Wednesday from an aircraft and landed at the drop zone at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range in the desert outside Salt Lake City. This was part of the mission’s final major test prior to the arrival of the actual capsule.
“We are now mere weeks away from receiving a piece of solar system history on Earth, and this successful...
- 8/31/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
San Francisco, June 2 (Ians) The European Space Agency’s (Esa) Euclid mission is on its way to explore the Universe’s mystery of dark matter and dark energy.
Esa’s Euclid spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, at 17:12 Cest (8:42 pm Ist) on July 1, 2023.
“The successful launch of Euclid marks the beginning of a new scientific endeavour to help us answer one of the most compelling questions of modern science,” said Esa Director General Josef Aschbacher, in a statement.
“If we want to understand the Universe we live in, we need to uncover the nature of dark matter and dark energy and understand the role they played in shaping our cosmos. To address these fundamental questions, Euclid will deliver the most detailed map of the extra-galactic sky,” added Carole Mundell, Esa’s Director of Science.
Over the next six years,...
Esa’s Euclid spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, at 17:12 Cest (8:42 pm Ist) on July 1, 2023.
“The successful launch of Euclid marks the beginning of a new scientific endeavour to help us answer one of the most compelling questions of modern science,” said Esa Director General Josef Aschbacher, in a statement.
“If we want to understand the Universe we live in, we need to uncover the nature of dark matter and dark energy and understand the role they played in shaping our cosmos. To address these fundamental questions, Euclid will deliver the most detailed map of the extra-galactic sky,” added Carole Mundell, Esa’s Director of Science.
Over the next six years,...
- 7/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
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