Scientists use Webb, SOFIA telescopes to observe metallic asteroid (phys.org)

Southwest Research Institute scientists are using telescopes to observe the asteroid Psyche in the infrared, providing context for NASA's upcoming Psyche mission. Dr. Stephanie Jarmak is using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to look for water signatures on the metallic surface of Psyche, while Dr. Anicia Arredondo is using...

itnewsbot, to science

Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister - Enlarge / The lid is open on the OSIRIS-REx sample return canister, rev... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1971340

portcitystudios, to space
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What found when they opened the asteroid soil sample capsule.

stim3on, to space
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One year ago today the crashed into asteroid Dimorphos. This image was taken by the accompanying spacecraft and shows ejecta streaming out after the impact.

https://flic.kr/p/2p5yjEZ
Credit: ASI/NASA/APL/Simeon Schmauß

Daniel_Pagenstecher, to space
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Taking into consideration all the films we know: shouldn't we open such a box from with a little bit more attention?

2ck, to space
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I'm always struck by how uncanny the images from space missions can look: the precision of the movements and the flatness of some textures
https://www.asteroidmission.org/?attachment_id=26458#main
#osirisrex #bennu #nasa #asteroid

markwyner, to space
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Yesterday, the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx landed back on Earth after a 7-year mission. OSIRIS is the first U.S. mission to bring us astroid samples.

Ambre Rose Trujillo explains the magnitude of these samples from astroid Bennu.

OSIRIS-REx FAQ:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/osiris-rex-faq

More from Ambre:
https://www.instagram.com/ambre_rosario/

More from Planetary Society:
https://www.instagram.com/planetarysociety/

-REx

Ambre in front of a shelf with lots of astronomy related objects with intermittent clips of the OSIRIS capsule, diagrams of the spacecraft’s travel paths, and the astroid.

flipsideza, to space
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Amazing project! Congrats to the OSIRIS-REx team! What a mission that was!

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-first-asteroid-sample-has-landed-now-secure-in-clean-room/

#NASA #Asteroid #AsteroidBennu

heiseonline, (edited ) to news German

Osiris-Rex: Asteroidenprobe geborgen und im ersten Reinraum angekommen

Die größte Gesteinsprobe direkt von einem Asteroiden wurde sicher geborgen und ist auf dem Weg zu ihrem eigentlichen Ziel. Abgeschirmt wird sie von Stickstoff.

https://www.heise.de/news/Osiris-Rex-Asteroidenprobe-geborgen-und-im-ersten-Reinraum-angekommen-9315198.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Asteroid #Bennu #Gesteinsproben #OsirisRex #Raumfahrt #unbenmannteRaumfahrt #news

scinexx, to random German
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OSIRIS-REx: Asteroidenprobe zur Erde gebracht. NASA-Raumsonde bringt erste Proben des potenziell gefährlichen Asteroiden Bennu zurück. #OSIRISREx #Bennu #Asteroid #Asteroidenprobe #Apophis
https://www.scinexx.de/news/kosmos/osiris-rex-asteroidenprobe-erfolgreich-gelandet/

fulelo, to space
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#BBCNews - #Osiris-#Rex : #Nasa confirms return of #asteroid #Bennu samples
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66893661

SomersetBob, to space

I must say I’m blown away by #NASA’s incredible achievement in getting the #OsirisRex capsule back successfully from the #asteroid. I mean, just getting it there was difficult enough - it arrived in December 2018 after a 2-year, 2-billion km journey from Earth, stayed for 2.5 years, dropped to the surface of #Bennu in mid-2020, gathered the samples in a 10-second grab, then set off for home in May ‘21, and arrived here today a few seconds ahead of schedule. The ingenuity is mind-boggling! 1/2

itnewsbot, to space

NASA spacecraft returns to Earth with pieces of an asteroid - Enlarge / Dante Lauretta (right), OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, ap... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1970704

christianschwaegerl, to space
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Like a dream’: successful return of Nasa capsule with asteroid sample hailed.

(Sillyputtyenemies • CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia) #Nasa #asteroid

AstroHawk, to space
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"’s probe delivers sample of asteroid - and moves on to next target" by @GeekWire / @alanboyle - Successful recovery of sample capsule in Utah. Probe continues in space to asteroid . https://www.geekwire.com/2023/nasa-osiris-rex-sample-asteroid/

AstroHawk,
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"NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Capsule Secured in Utah Clean Room" by @NASA / @NASASolarSystem - rock samples will be stored with inert nitrogen gas to prevent chemical reaction/contamination from atmospheric oxygen & water vapor. https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2023/09/24/nasas-osiris-rex-capsule-secured-in-utah-clean-room/

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stim3on, to space
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Huge congrats to the entire team for the successful landing of the sample return capsule! Let the science commence!

Images via HQ Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2p53thc

From left to right, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott Sandford, NASA Astromatierals Curator Francis McCubbin, and University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta, collect science data, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, shortly after the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission landed at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)

dustcircle, to space
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In a first, #NASA returns #asteroid samples to #Earth

https://flip.it/n1m-Cu

malducin, to space
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Simply awe-inspiring, the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return capsule successfully landed kust a little while ago. You can watch the eeplay or the continuing broadcast at the sites

https://www.youtube.com/live/Kdwyqctp908

AskPippa, (edited ) to random
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Congrats to NASA for bringing back a sample from the this morning!

-REx

ottaross, to random
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Return capsule tracking acquired! The #Bennu sample is incoming!

#osirisrex

ottaross,
@ottaross@mastodon.social avatar

Funny the asteroid samples are going to land in an area of Utah that looks like an asteroid surface.
#bennu #asteroid #osirisrex

spaceflight, to space

#LAtimes 📆 Sept. 4, 2022 "Two #asteroids in the belt between #Mars and #Jupiter 🪐 have more #iron, #nickel and #cobalt than exists on #Earth. Ultimately these products could be not only #mined ⛏️ but also #processed in #space, reducing #pollution of both the #air and #water on #Earth" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-09-04/commercialization-space-earth

"Both #NEAs have surfaces with 85% #metal such as iron and nickel and 15% silicate material, which is basically #rock" https://news.arizona.edu/story/mini-psyches-give-insights-mysterious-metal-rich-near-earth-asteroids

Picture: #RASSOR on #Ceres https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prototype-d%27excavateur-de-la-NASA--RASSOR.jpg

#AsteroidMining #SpaceMining #SpaceRobot

spaceflight,

📆 September 13, 2023 The potential of extracting raw from for use on Earth or for is infinite. The ☄️ database Asterank has estimated the resource values for asteroids tracked by . It claims that the ten closest and most cost-effective to mine from contain around $1.5trn 💰 of natural in today’s economy, which is equivalent to the current annual value of the entire global 🌍 ⚒️ industry.
The current level of investment 💵 into and the potential exhaustion of Earth’s resources mean that is more of an inevitability than a possibility. https://www.mining-technology.com/comment/asteroid-mining-resource-rich-developing-economies/

spaceflight,

#Psyche is currently the densest known #asteroid ☄️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCmIZ_sZbEM

The Psyche mission’s massive #SolarPanels will fuel its solar #ElectricPropulsion system. With the engines operating continuously the #spacecraft will pick up thousands of miles per hour speed https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2023/09/30/7-things-to-know-about-this-weeks-nasa-mission-to-a-10000-quadrillion-asteroid

About two and a half years after its launch a #Mars 🔴 flyby will give the #spacecraft a gravity assist. “This slingshot will further increase our velocity in order to spiral our way out to Psyche in the main asteroid belt” https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2023/09/28/psyche-complete-guide-to-nasas-mission-to-a-metal-asteroid-this-week

pomarede, to space
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Nature astro covers appreciation post

Sands of Titan (2015)

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/517/issues/7532

pomarede,
@pomarede@mastodon.social avatar

Cheers to #OSIRISREx #ToBennuAndBack with this cover by Nature from back in 2019

https://nature.com/nature/volumes/568/issues/7750

#astronomy #astrophysics #nasa #spacecraft #asteroid #asteroids #astrodon #space #science #research #nature #cover #naturecovers

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