{"id":13055,"date":"2016-08-17T22:14:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T02:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13055"},"modified":"2016-08-17T22:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T02:14:22","slug":"videos-osirs-rex-mission-to-the-asteroid-bennu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13055","title":{"rendered":"Videos: OSIRS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 8th a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/Products_AtlasV.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">ULA Atlas V rocket<\/a> will launch the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asteroidmission.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">OSIRIS-REx<\/a> (<em>Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer<\/em>) \u00a0from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft&#8217;s mission is to visit the asteroid <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asteroidmission.org\/why-bennu\" target=\"_blank\">Bennu<\/a> and bring back a small sample\u00a0of it to earth. Analysis of the sample will provide hints about the conditions of the early\u00a0solar system\u00a0and provide clues on such as to\u00a0how\u00a0water and organic molecules came to the\u00a0Earth. The mission will also add to the general knowledge about asteroids including possible\u00a0resources of use in space and on earth.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, NASA held a panel briefing to \u00a0discuss the meeting with the press:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oeXlI5ndaCk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This video describes the Bennu asteroid:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fc5juHXQl-M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This video shows the trajectory of OSIRIS-REx reaches Bennu and returns to earth, taking advantage of the fact that the asteroid&#8217;s orbit is near earth and crosses earth&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zrRMoGrKkyU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 8th a ULA Atlas V rocket will launch the\u00a0OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) \u00a0from Cape Canaveral. The spacecraft&#8217;s mission is to visit the asteroid Bennu and bring back a small sample\u00a0of it to earth. Analysis of the sample will provide hints about the conditions of the early\u00a0solar system\u00a0and provide clues &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13055\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: OSIRS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,13,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-space-science","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3oz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17239,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17239","url_meta":{"origin":13055,"position":0},"title":"OSIRIS-REx begins exploration of asteroid Bennu","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA's science probe OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) arrived at the asteroid Bennu last week. 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