#VirtualTelescope spotted #OSIRIS-REx 324,000 km from earth
amazing effort for this shot
Craft with sample of #Bennu is less than 200k from earth. only 6 hours away from earth entry
#OSIRIS-REx delivers the US's first pristine asteroid sample after a 3.86 billion-mile journey. Watch landing live from DOD Utah Test & Training Range
TOUCHDOWN!
#OSIRIS-REx SRC
The #OSIRIS-REx main spacecraft, now renamed #OSIRIS-APEX #OSIRISAPEX, is passing through the perigee of its hyperbola and heading back out towards solar orbit to visit asteroid #Apophis
#OSIRIS-REx Post landing press conference starting soon on NASA LIVE
<waits patiently for news of jet crash over desert near landing site>
I'd say a meteorite has been burned and contaminated falling through our atmosphere, not lovingly carried through it in a sterile, pristine environment!
Space rocks. 🙂
@Kinnison Where did it end up landing?
@Kinnison I could get there if I drove 21.5 hours. 😃. I suspect it would already be gone. 😉
area is restricted and is part of the The Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) possible there is unexploded ordinance in the area
There might be a Drogue chute in the area I do not think anyone has found yet
#OSIRIS-REx
Coming in ... er ... cold with a special delivery
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_osiris_rex