{"id":17473,"date":"2019-01-04T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17473"},"modified":"2019-01-03T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T03:48:59","slug":"videos-change-4-on-the-moon-osiris-rex-orbits-bennu-new-horizons-passes-ultima-thule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17473","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Chang&#8217;e-4 on the Moon + OSIRIS REx orbits Bennu + New Horizons passes Ultima Thule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new year is off to a very impressive start in space science:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chang%27e_4\">Chang&#8217;e 4 spacecraft<\/a><\/strong> landed on the far side of the moon. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17469\">posting here<\/a>.)<\/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\/1_rCTxTSQn8?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>** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asteroidmission.org\/\"><strong>OSIRIS R<\/strong><\/a><strong>Ex<\/strong> successfully orbited Bennu, the smallest body ever orbited by a spacecraft. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17239\">posting here<\/a>) &#8211; <a title=\"NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record - OSIRIS-REx Mission\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asteroidmission.org\/?latest-news=nasas-osiris-rex-spacecraft-enters-close-orbit-around-bennu-breaking-record\">NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record &#8211; OSIRIS-REx Mission<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Now, the spacecraft will circle Bennu about a mile (1.75 kilometers) from its center, closer than any other spacecraft has come to its celestial object of study. (Previously the closest orbit of a planetary body was in May 2016, when the Rosetta spacecraft orbited about four miles (seven kilometers) from the center of the comet 67P\/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.) The comfortable distance is necessary to keep the spacecraft locked to Bennu, which has a gravity force only 5-millionths as strong as Earth\u2019s. The spacecraft is scheduled to orbit Bennu through mid-February at a leisurely 62 hours per orbit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Now that the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is closer to Bennu, physical details about the asteroid will leap into sharper focus, and the spacecraft\u2019s tour of this rubble pile of primordial debris will become increasingly detailed and focused.<\/em><\/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\/CZtD-FRKSjg?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>In 2020, OSIRIS-REx will come down onto the surface of Bennu and grab a sample of regolith. The sample will be returned to Earth in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/\"><strong>New Horizons<\/strong><\/a> flew past <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/(486958)_2014_MU69\">Ultima Thule<\/a>, the most distant object ever targeted by a space mission. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17464\">posting here<\/a>.) <a title=\"New Ultima Thule Discoveries from NASA's New Horizons\" href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/News-Center\/News-Article.php?page=20190103\">New Ultima Thule Discoveries from NASA&#8217;s New Horizons &#8211; New Horizons<\/a>. Here is a press briefing held on Thursday:<\/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\/ypKY4WGaeu8?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>====<\/p>\n<p>Scott Manley reviews the three heroic missions:<\/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\/wyS52YFHiyI?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 style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250098963\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1250098963&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=55ed9e509e63ce1415500f5d234d1636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1250098963\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1250098963&amp;asins=1250098963&amp;linkId=06b5268baad8fe2fe8d39baba17fb36c&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new year is off to a very impressive start in space science: ** China&#8217;s Chang&#8217;e 4 spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon. (See posting here.) ** OSIRIS REx successfully orbited Bennu, the smallest body ever orbited by a spacecraft. (See posting here) &#8211; NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17473\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Chang&#8217;e-4 on the Moon + OSIRIS REx orbits Bennu + New Horizons passes Ultima Thule<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[75,97,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-pluto","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4xP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17239,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17239","url_meta":{"origin":17473,"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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