Monday, March 27, 2023

Temperature of Rocky Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b | James Webb Space Telescope

Temperature of Rocky Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b | James Webb Space Telescope

Rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b (temperature comparison)

This infographic shows five planets plotted along a horizontal temperature scale: Earth, TRAPPIST-1 b, Mercury, and two different models of TRAPPIST-1 b.

Rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b (illustration)


Rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b (secondary eclipse light curve)

Comparison of the dayside temperature of TRAPPIST-1 b as measured using Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) to computer models showing what the temperature would be under various conditions. The models take into account the known properties of the system, including the planet’s size and density, the temperature of the star, and the planet’s orbital distance. The temperature of the dayside of Mercury is also shown for reference.

The dayside brightness of TRAPPIST-1 b at 15 microns corresponds to a temperature of about 500 K (roughly 230°C). This is consistent with the temperature assuming the planet is tidally locked (one side facing the star at all times), with a dark-colored surface, no atmosphere, and no redistribution of heat from the dayside to the nightside.

If the heat energy from the star were distributed evenly around the planet (for example, by a circulating carbon dioxide-free atmosphere), the temperature at 15 microns would be 400 K (125°C). If the atmosphere had a substantial amount of carbon dioxide, it would emit even less 15-micron light and would appear to be even cooler.

Although TRAPPIST-1 b is hot by Earth standards, it is cooler than the dayside of Mercury, which consists of bare rock and no significant atmosphere. Mercury receives about 1.6 times more energy from the Sun than TRAPPIST-1 b does from its star.

MIRI was developed as a partnership between Europe and the USA: the main partners are the European Space Agency (ESA), a consortium of nationally funded European institutes, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of Arizona. The instrument was nationally funded by the European Consortium under the auspices of the European Space Agency. 


Credit: NASA, European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency, J. Olmsted (STScI), T. P. Greene (NASA Ames), T. Bell (BAERI), E. Ducrot (CEA), P. Lagage (CEA)

Release Date: March 27, 2023


#NASA #ESA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Exoplanet #TRAPPIST1b #Temperature #JamesWebb #SpaceTelescope #JWST #MIRI #Cosmos #Universe #UnfoldTheUniverse #Europe #CSA #Canada #JPL #GSFC #STScI #UArizona #UnitedStates #Art #Illustration #Infographic #STEM #Education

Meet Arielle Valdez: NASA Diver & Astronaut Trainer | NASA Johnson

Meet Arielle Valdez: NASA Diver & Astronaut Trainer | NASA Johnson

Grab your swimsuit and goggles, and join us in the warm, pristine waters of a very exclusive dive site—NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab! This 6.2-million-gallon pool is a simulated microgravity environment where astronauts train for spacewalks, and it’s what NASA diver Arielle Valdez calls her office! Arielle walks—swims?—us through a day in the life of a NASA dive specialist and shares her story of how she went from diving shipwrecks across the world to training astronauts on an underwater, true-to-size mockup of the International Space Station. 

Dive deeper into the theme of this episode with this hands-on activity: https://www.nasa.gov/stem-ed-resources/diving-down-deep-gas-laws.html

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) Education


Credit: NASA STEM

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: March 27, 2023


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Celestial Object Z 229-15: Everything, in one place, all at once | Hubble

Celestial Object Z 229-15: Everything, in one place, all at once | Hubble

This luminous image shows Z 229-15—imaged here in beautiful detail by the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope—a celestial object that lies about 390 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. Z 229-15 is one of those interesting celestial objects that, should you choose to research it, you will find defined as several different things: sometimes as an active galactic nucleus (an AGN); sometimes as a quasar; and sometimes as a Seyfert galaxy. Which of these is Z 229-15 really? The answer is that it is all of these things all at once, because these three definitions have significant overlap. 

AGNs and quasars are both described in detail in the Hubble Word Bank, but in essence an AGN is a small region at the heart of certain galaxies (called active galaxies) that is far brighter than just the galaxy’s stars would be. The extra luminosity is due to the presence of a supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s core. Material sucked into a black hole actually doesn’t fall directly into it, but instead is drawn into a swirling disc, from where it is inexorably tugged towards the black hole. This disc of matter gets so hot that it releases a large amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, and that’s what makes AGNs appear so bright. 

Quasars are a particular type of AGN; they are typically both extremely bright and extremely distant from Earth — several hundred million light-years is considered nearby for a quasar, making Z 229-15 positively local. Often an AGN is so bright that the rest of the galaxy cannot be seen, but Seyfert galaxies are active galaxies that host very bright AGNs (quasars) while the rest of the galaxy is still observable. So Z 229-15 is a Seyfert galaxy that contains a quasar, and that, by definition, hosts an AGN. Classification in astronomy can be a challenge!

Image Description: A spiral galaxy. It has two almost-straight arms coming from the left and right of the core that meet a starry ring around the galaxy’s edge. The ring is bluish in color, and the core is golden and shining. A faint halo of light also surrounds the galaxy. There is one bright star with many diffraction spikes, and a few small stars all around on a black background.


Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, A. Barth, R. Mushotzky

Release Date: March 27, 2023


#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxies #AGN #Quasars #Galaxy #Z22915 #Spiral #SeyfertGalaxy #Lyra #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Europe #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Behind The Mission: Malynda Chizek Frouard | Space Telescope Science Institute

Behind The Mission: Malynda Chizek Frouard | Space Telescope Science Institute

Astronomical discoveries are possible thanks to the people working behind the scenes. The Space Telescope Science Institute's Malynda Chizek Frouard is part of the team at the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) in Baltimore, Maryland. MAST stores data from over 20 missions, including the Hubble and Webb space telescopes. 

She discusses how she went from the farms of Iowa to one of the most important astronomy resources in the world.

Learn more about the Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST): https://archive.stsci.edu/


Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Duration: 1 minute, 49 seconds

Release Date: March 16, 2023


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #MalyndaChizekFrouard #SoftwareEngineer #IT #ComputerScience #Women #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #Hubble #SpaceTelescopes #HST #JWST #Cosmos #Universe #MAST #MikulskiArchiveForSpaceTelescopes #DataArchive #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

What’s Happening to The Earth's Ozone Layer? | European Space Agency

What’s Happening to The Earth's Ozone Layer? | European Space Agency

In the 1980s, scientists discovered a gaping hole in Earth's ozone layer, caused by humanmade chemicals. But thanks to the historical Montreal Protocol, the world came together to take bold action to save our planet. Decades later, we can see the steady recovery of the ozone hole. How did we do it? And what does space have to do with it? Join us as we explore the journey of the ozone hole, from its alarming discovery to the incredible strides made to fix it, and how satellites are helping us track its recovery.


Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 9 minutes

Release Date: February 23, 2023 


#NASA #ESA #Space #Science #Sun #UltravioletRadiation #Earth #Planet #Atmosphere #AtmosphericScience #OzoneLayer #OzoneHole #Ozone #Pollution #Chlorofluorocarbons #Physics #Chemistry #Satellites #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #History #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video

India's GSLV Mk-III Rocket Launches OneWeb Communications Satellites | ISRO

India's GSLV Mk-III Rocket Launches OneWeb Communications Satellites | ISRO


The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launch vehicle (LVM3-M3) successfully launched 36 OneWeb satellites (OneWeb India-2 mission) from the Second Launch Pad (SLP) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, India, on March 26, 2023, at 03:30 UTC (09:00 local time). In its 6th consecutive successful flight, the LVM3 carried 5,805 kg of payload to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

OneWeb statement: "This mission marks OneWeb’s second satellite deployment from India, highlighting the strong partnership with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and ISRO and OneWeb’s commitment to provide connectivity across the length and breadth of India. Once activated, OneWeb’s coverage solutions will bring secured connectivity to enterprises, towns, villages, municipalities and schools, including the most remote areas across the country." 
Learn more: 

https://oneweb.net/resources/successful-launch-36-oneweb-satellites-isronsil-marks-key-milestone-enable-global


Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Release Date: March 26, 2023  

Duration: 5 minutes, 33 seconds


#NASA #ISRO #Space #Science #Rocket #LVM3 #LaunchVehicle #Satellites #CommercialSatellites #CommercialSpace #OneWeb #OneWebIndia2Mission #BroadbandInternet #SatishDhawanSpaceCentre #SDSC #Sriharikota #India #BhāratGaṇarājya #Technology #Engineering #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Next-Generation Astronaut Spacesuits for Space Exploration | Collins Aerospace

Next-Generation Astronaut Spacesuits for Space Exploration Collins Aerospace

"We’re making the future of spacewalking more modular, more accessible and more comfortable with our partners ILC Dover and Oceanneering. Collins Aerospace was awarded an Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services (xEVAS) contract from NASA to develop new spacesuits for astronauts to wear during spacewalks."

Learn more about Collins Aerospace Spacesuits: http://www.collinsaerospace.com/what-we-do/industries/space/space-suits

Learn more about spacewalking at: https://www.nasa.gov/suitup

Credit: Collins Aerospace

Duration: 2 minutes, 50 seconds

Release Date: March 17, 2023


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Saturday, March 25, 2023

More Heavy Rain, Snow & Wind Hitting Western U.S. | NOAA

More Heavy Rain, Snow & Wind Hitting Western U.S. | NOAA

After tracking round after round of atmospheric rivers dropping heavy rain across the West Coast this year, NOAA satellites observed a new atmospheric river that began impacting the water-logged state on March 19, 2023.


Video Credits: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

Flood map imagery courtesy of Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 18 seconds

Release Date: March 24, 2023


#NASA #NOAA #Space #Science #Satellites #GOES #Earth #Planet #Atmosphere #Weather #AtmosphericRivers #Precipitation #Rain #Snow #Forecasting #Meteorology #PacificOcean #California #Oregon #WashingtonState #UnitedStates #NorthAmerica #Mexico #EarthObservation #RemoteSensing #STEM #Education #International #HD #Video

Saturn's Moon Titan Could Reveal Chemistry Leading to Life | NASA Dragonfly

Saturn's Moon Titan Could Reveal Chemistry Leading to Life | NASA Dragonfly

The colorful globe of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, passes in front of the planet and its rings in this true color snapshot from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

This illustration shows NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander. Taking advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere and low gravity, Dragonfly will explore dozens of locations across the icy world, sampling and measuring the compositions of Titan's organic surface materials to characterize the habitability of Titan’s environment and investigate the progression of prebiotic chemistry.

Credits: NASA/JHU-APL

A new NASA mission to Saturn’s giant moon, Titan, is due to launch in 2027. When it arrives in the mid-2030s, it will begin a journey of discovery that could bring about a new understanding of the development of life in the universe. This mission, called Dragonfly, will carry an instrument called the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS), designed to help scientists hone in on the chemistry at work on Titan. It may also shed light on the kinds of chemical steps that occurred on Earth that ultimately led to the formation of life, called prebiotic chemistry.

Titan's abundant complex carbon-rich chemistry, interior ocean, and past presence of liquid water on the surface make it an ideal destination to study prebiotic chemical processes and the potential habitability of an extraterrestrial environment.

DraMS will allow scientists back on Earth to remotely study the chemical makeup of the Titanian surface. “We want to know if the type of chemistry that could be important for early pre-biochemical systems on Earth is taking place on Titan,” explains Dr. Melissa Trainer of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.

Trainer is a planetary scientist and astrobiologist who specializes in Titan and is one of the Dragonfly mission’s deputy principal investigators. She is also lead on the DraMS instrument, which will scan through measurements of samples from Titan’s surface material for evidence of prebiotic chemistry.

To accomplish this, the Dragonfly robotic rotorcraft will capitalize on Titan’s low gravity and dense atmosphere to fly between different points of interest on Titan’s surface, spread as far as several miles apart. This allows Dragonfly to relocate its entire suite of instruments to a new site when the previous one has been fully explored, and provides access to samples in environments with a variety of geologic histories.

At each site, samples less than a gram in size will be drilled out of the surface by the Drill for Acquisition of Complex Organics (DrACO) and brought inside the lander’s main body, to a place called the “attic” that houses the DraMS instrument. There, they will be irradiated by an onboard laser or vaporized in an oven to be measured by DraMS. A mass spectrometer is an instrument that analyzes the various chemical components of a sample by separating these components down into their base molecules and passing them through sensors for identification.

“DraMS is designed to look at the organic molecules that may be present on Titan, at their composition and distribution in different surface environments,” says Trainer. Organic molecules contain carbon and are used by all known forms of life. They are of interest in understanding the formation of life because they can be created by living and non-living processes.

Mass spectrometers determine what’s in a sample by ionizing the material (that is, bombarding it with energy so that the atoms therein become positively or negatively charged) and examining the chemical composition of the various compounds. This involves determining the relationship between the weight of the molecule and its charge, which serves as a signature for the compound.

DraMS was developed in part by the same team at Goddard which developed the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard the Curiosity rover. DraMS is designed to survey samples of Titanian surface material in situ, using techniques tested on Mars with the SAM suite.

Trainer emphasized the benefits of this heritage. Dragonfly’s scientists did not want to “reinvent the wheel” when it came to searching for organic compounds on Titan, and instead built on established methods which have been applied on Mars and elsewhere. “This design has given us an instrument that’s very flexible, that can adapt to the different types of surface samples,” says Trainer.

DraMS and other science instruments on Dragonfly are being designed and built under the direction of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, which manages the mission for NASA and is designing and building the rotorcraft-lander. The team includes key partners at Goddard, the French space agency (CNES, Paris, France), which is providing the Gas Chromatograph Module for DraMS that will provide an additional separation after leaving the oven, Lockheed Martin Space, Littleton, Colorado, NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Federal Airfield in California's Silicon Valley, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, California, Honeybee Robotics, Brooklyn, New York, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany, and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tokyo, Japan.

Dragonfly is the fourth mission in NASA’s New Frontiers program. New Frontiers is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency's Science Mission Directorate Washington.

Learn more about Saturn's Titan  Moon: 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/saturn-moons/titan/overview/

Learn about the Dragonfly rotorcraft:

https://www.jhuapl.edu/work/projects/dragonfly


Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Writer: Nick Oakes

Release Date: March 17, 2023


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #SolarSystem #SpaceExploration #Planet #Saturn #Moon #Titan #OceanWorld #Methane #DragonflyMission #Rotorcraft #Lander #Spacecraft #CassiniMission #NewFrontiers #GSFC #MSFC #NASAAmes #JHUAPL #UnitedStates #France #Germany #Animation #Art #STEM #Education

Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System | NASA/JHUAPL

Exploring the Ocean Worlds of Our Solar System | NASA/JHUAPL

Our solar system is home to many fascinating and mysterious worlds. Among them are the ocean worlds—planets and moons with vast oceans beneath their surfaces. Who knows what other ocean worlds are waiting to be discovered in the deepest reaches of our solar system. Studying these worlds could help us understand the origins of life in our solar system . . . And, perhaps, beyond.

Learn more: https://www.jhuapl.edu/work/our-organization/civil-space


Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: March 25, 2023

#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #SolarSystem #SpaceExploration #Planets #Moons #OceanWorlds #Jupiter #Europa #EuropaClipper #Spacecraft #Saturn #Titan #MethaneLakes #DragonflyMission #Rotorcraft #Lander #Enceladus #Uranus #Neptune #JPL #JHUAPL #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #Animation #HD #Video

A Meandering Spiral Galaxy: NGC 5486 | Hubble

A Meandering Spiral Galaxy: NGC 5486 | Hubble

The irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/European Space Agency Hubble Space Telescope. The tenuous disc of the galaxy is threaded through with pink wisps of star formation, which stand out from the diffuse glow of the galaxy’s bright core. NGC 5486 lies 110 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.


Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)/Hubble & NASA, C. Kilpatrick  

Duration: 30 seconds

Release Date: March 23, 2023


#NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Space #Science #Galaxy #NGC5486 #IrregularGalaxy #Spiral #Galaxies #UrsaMajor #Constellation #Cosmos #Universe #HST #SpaceTelescope #ESA #Europe #GSFC #STScI #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Mars Images: March 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers + Ingenuity

Mars Images: March 2023 | NASA's Curiosity & Perseverance Rovers + Ingenuity


Mars2020 - sol 743


Ingenuity - sol 567


MSL - sol 173


MSL - sol 3776


MSL - sol 3776


Mars2020 - sol 743


Mars2020 - sol 742

Celebrating 10 Years+ on Mars! (2012-2023)

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: Nov. 6, 2011

Landing Date: Aug. 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars


Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Mars Helicopter (Ingenuity)

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars


For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov


Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Processing: Kevin M. Gill

Image Release Dates: March 23-24, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Science #Planet #Mars #RedPlanet #Astrobiology #Geology #CuriosityRover #MSL #MountSharp #GaleCrater #PerseveranceRover #Mars2020 #Ingenuity #MarsHelicopter #JezeroCrater #Robotics #Technology #Engineering #JPL #UnitedStates #MoonToMars #CitizenScience #STEM #Education

Friday, March 24, 2023

The Artemis II Moon Rocket is Coming Together | This Week @NASA

The Artemis II Moon Rocket is Coming Together This Week @NASA 

Week of March 24, 2023: The Artemis II Moon Rocket is Coming Together, a high honor for some space explorers, and an intriguing find for the Webb Space Telescope . . . a few of the stories to tell you about—This Week at NASA!


Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 2 minutes, 19 seconds

Release Date: March 24, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #JWST #Exoplanet #Moon #Artemis #ArtemisII #Orion #Spacecraft #SLS #Rocket #DeepSpace #Astronaut #BillAnders #Mars #MoonToMars #Science #Engineering #Robotics #Technology #SpaceExploration #SolarSystem #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Faces of Technology – Meet Ali Guarneros Luna | NASA Space Tech

Faces of Technology – Meet Ali Guarneros Luna | NASA Space Tech

Meet Ali Guarneros Luna, an aerospace engineer at NASA's Ames Research Center who works on CubeSat technologies to explore our solar system. Ali helps companies create state-of-the-art technologies that NASA needs for these future space missions. 

To learn more about NASA's Tipping Points partnerships, visit: 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/solicitations/tipping_points/


Credit: NASA Space Tech

Duration: 1 minute, 26 seconds

Release Date: March 24, 2023


#NASA #Space #Astronomy #Engineering #AerospaceEngineering #NASAAmes #ARC #AliGuarnerosLuna #Engineers #Women #Leaders #Mentors #Pioneers #Inspiration #CubeSats #Technology #SpaceExploration #SolarSystem #STEM #Education #HD #Video

2023 Michael Collins Trophy Winners | The James Webb Space Telescope Team

2023 Michael Collins Trophy Winners | The James Webb Space Telescope Team

The international James Webb Space Telescope Team has been awarded the 2023 Michael Collins Trophy for Current Achievement. The James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most powerful space telescope ever deployed, captured public attention in July 2022 when the team released its first  scientific images and data. Since beginning science operations last year, scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to make exciting discoveries across many fields of astronomy—and there is so much more to come. 

The Michael Collins Trophy is awarded annually by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Webb is the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. 

Webb is an international partnership between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

Under an international collaboration agreement, the European Space Agency provided the telescope’s launch service, using the Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Working with partners, ESA was responsible for the development and qualification of Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission and for the procurement of the launch service by Arianespace.

The Canadian Space Agency contributed two important elements, built by Honeywell, to the Webb Telescope:

1) the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS), which allows the telescope to point at and focus on objects of interest

2) the Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS), a scientific instrument that helps study many astronomical objects, from exoplanets to distant galaxies


Credit: The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: March 24, 2023


#NASA #ESA #Astronomy #Space #Science #CollinsTrophy #Stars #Nebulas #Exoplanets #Galaxies #JamesWebb #SpaceTelescope #JWST #Cosmos #Universe #UnfoldTheUniverse #Europe #CSA #Canada #GSFC #STScI #AirandSpaceMuseum #SmithsonianInstitution #UnitedStates #STEM #Education #HD #Video

Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on Sept. 24, 2023 | NASA OSIRIS-REx

Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on Sept. 24, 2023 | NASA OSIRIS-REx

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, 2023, OSIRIS-REx will become the United States’ first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.


Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

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Release Date: March 24, 2023


#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #OSIRISREx #Spacecraft #Asteroid #Bennu #ToBennuAndBack #Organics #Minerals #Mapping #SampleReturn #Technology #GSFC #CSA #JAXA #Japan #日本 #UnitedStates #SolarSystem #Exploration #STEM #Education #Animation #HD #Video