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All things OSIRIS-REx, the ambitious NASA/UOA mission to study Bennu, unlocking the secrets of asteroids past, and helping to make our place in the universe more secure. Subscribe for news, updates, discoveries, and spectacular OSIRIS-REx results, in addition to discussion on NASA's latest asteroid explorer!
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The subreddit dedicated to all things OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer), the ambitious NASA/University of Arizona mission to study the Near Earth Asteroid (NEO) Bennu, unlocking the secrets of asteroids past, and helping to make our place in the universe more secure. This is not an officially-run subreddit, and we are not affiliated with NASA, the University of Arizona, or the OSIRIS-REx team.
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Capsule color
Why OSIRIS-REx capsule white and black at the same time?
14:02 UTC
Osiris-Rex: Nasa reveals first look at 'beautiful' asteroid sample
16:04 UTC
After 10,000 years, I'm Free!
22:44 UTC
Witnesses of Osiris-Rex's descent to Earth
Did anyone on the ground make naked eye contact or even with binoculars witness Osiris-Rex descend through the atmosphere? Not a skeptic, but this kind of observation would confirm the spacecraft's final decent.
03:34 UTC
Landing coordinates SRC from livestream
Looking at the livestream with target coordinates on the lower right, the landing coordinates by the road are approximately: 40° 22.3463’ N, 113° 14.3875’ W
15:11 UTC
TOUCHDOWN!!!
Is it just me, or did the drogue parachute fail? If so... thank goodness for fault tolerant engineering. I was so happy to see the main chute deploy successfully.
14:54 UTC
14:03 UTC
IT IS ALMOST TIME!
I am so excited to see the landing!
03:58 UTC
OSIRIS-REx was born...in a bar in Tucson, Arizona.
OSIRIS-REx was born over after-work drinks at a bar in Tucson, Arizona — and NASA rejected the idea of an asteroid-visit mission twice before finally saying yes.
The story of how the mission came to be — and some surprises along the way — is cool. I tell it below.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90956530/nasa-osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-space-mission
17:18 UTC
How big was the bottle of nitrogen used in OSIRIS-REx?
Title.
12:36 UTC
How far away is the capsule from earth now?
An illustrative picture would be neat, showing the trip the capsule had to make, and it's current position on the map.
21:26 UTC
OSIRIS-REx (Blueprint by me)
11:19 UTC
Bennu Render using75-cm Bennu Shape Model (made in Blender)
02:26 UTC