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Author Topic: 9/24 NASA parachuting asteroid samples back to Earth live stream  (Read 1308 times)
Jersey mike
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« on: September 24, 2023, 06:14:35 AM »

Some of this stuff is just plain cool when you think of it. The progress they’re making in space is fascinating.

Article about why, not a great website though. It is a local paper.

https://www.app.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/23/asteroid-bennu-nasa/70919391007/

“ On September 8, 2016, NASA launched the spacecraft into space to collect samples from the asteroid to tell us more about its composition as well as the creation of the solar system.”

“The OSIRIS-REx − an acronym for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer − is the United States' first attempt to retrieve and analyze samples from an asteroid.”

“ The $800 million mission is expected to conclude when an estimated half-pound of rocks from the asteroid will drop by parachute into the Utah Test and Training Range, 80 miles west of Salt Lake City, Sunday morning.”

“NASA will livestream the landing and the samples collected will be sent to a laboratory in Houston for examination.”

A couple live stream links;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B94jEJrRiE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr8_rseKGgs
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2023, 10:09:09 AM »

Hope the wind doesn't shift! No telling where it would end up.  Maybe get shot down over China or something.  Wink
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2023, 10:36:38 AM »

I forgot to check earlier.  It appears to be down and awaiting transport.

From the link below:

After ensuring the area was clear of any unexploded ordinance, the capsule landed as planned within the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) — and when the well-traveled hardware was safe to approach, the team began securing the capsule and loading it into a cradle. The latter was important because it allowed the capsule to soon be hoisted by a helicopter and taken to a temporary clean room at UTTR.

https://www.space.com/nasa-osiris-rex-asteroid-sample-return-next-stop-texas
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2023, 01:20:43 PM »

Hope it is not just a clean room but a level 5  "andromeda strain" room

There will be microbes on that rock, let them sleep, please
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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2023, 03:40:44 PM »

It was good coverage. There was a plane that caught it on camera as it came into the atmosphere and tracked it the whole way down until the helicopters picked it up.
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« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2023, 05:38:38 PM »

Son Ryan also arrived in Utah Sunday morning. I told him to keep his hard hat on in case of falling asteroid rocks  coolsmiley He’s there for an extended stint repairing Turbines in a power plant for  Siemens Corp. No asteroids ☄️ have found him so far… angel
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