NASA to broadcast the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample collection activities

National Aeronautics and Administration (NASA) will be broadcasting cover of ncy’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission as it will attempt to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20. live cover will stream craft’s descent to asteroid’s surface during its “Touch-And-Go,” or TAG, maeuvre. Here is everything you need to kw about NASA’s endeavour.

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OSIRIS-REx to collect samples from Asteroid Bennu

NASA has stated in an article titled “NASA to Broadcast OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection Activities” on its official website that live cover will begin on Tuesday, October 20 at 6:12 p.m. EDT which is 3:12 pm, Pacific Time (PT) and 3:42 am, Wednesday, Indian Standard Time (IST). endeavour of collecting samples from Asteroid Bennu will be mand by Lockheed Martin near Denver and cover will begin at 5 p.m. on NASA Television and ncy’s website. NASA has stated that endeavour will begin with an orbit departure maeuvre around 1:50 p.m. and entire sequence of complicated engineering feat will be covered on @OSIRISREx and media. Live swars can also ask questions using hashtag #ToBennuandBack. In addition to this interactive broadcast, briefings and social media activities will cover mission and asteroid science on Monday, October 19.

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What do we kw about Asteroid Bennu?

According to NASA report, OSIRIS-REx is about size of a 15-passenger van, is currently orbiting asteroid Bennu 200 million miles from Earth. Asteroid Bennu is t ordinary rock eir, this primitive asteroid contains material from early solar system. Hence this ambitious NASA mission to collect asteroid samples from Bennu might help us understand molecular precursors to life and Earth’s oceans. 

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Bennu is as tall as Empire State Building which is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan. Thanks to its gargantuan size, Bennu can possibly pose a threat to life on Earth when it conducts a close flyby at beginning of next century. NASA has mentioned that re is 1‐in‐2,700 chance of Bennu impacting our planet. In terms of , this is a pretty high chance. OSIRIS-REx aims to collect samples of this ancient relic of our solar system and bring its stories and secrets home to Earth. t only will this help to understand what solar system was like before life began on earth, but it will also help in understanding where our place in ever transcending fabric of -time.

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