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OSIRIS-REx will soon bid farewell to asteroid Bennu

05-08-2021


OSIRIS-REx will soon bid farewell to asteroid Bennu showing you Today’s Video of the Day from NASA Goddard describes the mission of OSIRIS-REx, which will soon depart from the asteroid Bennu and begin its journey home. 

While the probe itself will not return to Earth, OSIRIS-REx will deliver a very important sample of dirt and rock from the surface of Bennu in a re-entry capsule.

Scientists believe Bennu is made of carbon-rich debris from the early solar system.

“Bennu is a time capsule,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA. “It’s been out there for four and a half billion years waiting for us.” Osiris The Morning Star. In Ancient Egyptian Mythology, the God Osiris was the most celebrated of all Egyptian Gods. father of Horus, and brother to his adversary, Set. Osiris is usually identified as the God of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead.

On May 10th, 2021, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will fire its main thrusters for seven minutes and begin its long journey home with more than 60 grams of asteroid material. OSIRIS-REx will soon bid farewell to asteroid Bennu as seen above in the video will show you the debris and total 360 of the solar system and the mission that was taken place in order to get samples.

The probe will ultimately drop its sample capsule in the Utah desert, 80 kilometers west of Salt Lake City, on September 24, 2023.

NASA invites the public to watch its first asteroid sample return mission leave Bennu on NASA TV and www.nasa.gov/live at 4 p.m. EDT. 

Video Credit: NASA Goddard 

By Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com Staff Writer

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