Science
Touch-and-go as spacecraft prepares to sample asteroid – Sydney Morning Herald
The van-sized spacecraft is aiming for the relatively flat middle of a tennis court-sized crater – a spot comparable to a few parking places here on Earth.
So for some perspective, the next time you park your car in front of your house or in front of a coffee shop and walk inside, think about the challenge of navigating Osiris-Rex into one of these spots from 200 million miles away, said NASAs deputy project manager Mike Moreau.
The sampling arm of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during a rehearsal for an approach to the “Nightingale” sample site on the surface of the asteroid Bennu. Credit:AP
Once it drops out of its 750 metre-high orbit around Bennu,…
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