Asteroid sample on track for remarkable landing

Scientists eager to evaluate dust plucked from area rock for ideas to origins of Earth PUBLISHED : 23 Sep 2023 at 17: 50 A mosaic image of asteroid Bennu, madeup of 12 PolyCam images gathered by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. (Photo: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona bymeansof Reuters) LOS ANGELES: A area pill bring a sample of rocky product plucked from the surfacearea of an asteroid 3 years ago is heading for a intense plunge through the environment and a parachute landing in the Utah desert on Sunday. Weather projections were beneficial and the robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx was on course to release the sample-return pill for last descent as prepared, with no evenmore modifications to its flight course required, NASA authorities stated on Friday. Mission supervisors are anticipating a “spot-on” goal on the UnitedStates military’s huge Utah Test and Training variety, west of Salt Lake City, stated Sandra Freund, program supervisor at Lockheed Martin, which developed and developed the spacecraft. The round, gumdrop-shaped pill is arranged to land by parachute at 10.55am EDT (1455 GMT), about 13 minutes after spotting into the leading of the environment at approximately 35 times the speed of sound, topping a 7
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