Arugela Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) I wonder if this is Raxxla related. How long has that name and this mission been planned? Edited August 10, 2020 by Arugela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 42 minutes ago, Arugela said: I wonder if this is Raxxla related. How long has that name and this mission been planned? The name OSIRIS-REx? We picked OSIRIS in 2004 to describe the mission goals: Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Investigation Security We proposed OSIRIS twice as a Discovery class mission. After OSIRIS was not selected after a Phase A study (the Grail mission was selected instead), heart-broken, we needed to re-propose in the New Frontiers program. New Frontiers requires a bigger scientific impact than Discovery, so initially as a joke in 2008 we added Rex after OSIRIS since it would be bigger, kingly, T. rex like. Mixing Egyptian with Latin was odd, but oh well. We then bacronymed Rex into REx for Regolith Explorer. It is fortunate that OSIRIS wasn't selected. Bennu has been much more challenging than predicted with the best science at the time and we have needed every bit of the extra capabilities provided by a New Frontiers class spacecraft. See also, https://dslauretta.com/2015/01/22/osiris-rex-whats-in-a-name/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 4:16 PM, IonStorm said: Tomorrow is a very important milestone for the OSIRIS-REx mission - the final rehearsal before sample collection! We invite you all to join us for a live play-by-play on Twitter August 11 at 2:30 EDT on Twitter@osirisrex The OSIRIS-REx team (following social distancing and wearing masks) will conduct its Matchpoint Maneuver Rehearsal over the Nightingale Site on asteroid Bennu. There will be a 16 minute one-way communication delay between the spacecraft and Earth. So the event commands will be uploaded to the spacecraft and the maneuver will be conducted autonomously. The low gain antenna will transmit data to Earth with images and science data downlinked when the rehearsal is completed. For more details on the Matchpoint Maneuver and a summary poster. No F9 required. A perfect rehearsal. https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=a-successful-second-rehearsal-puts-nasas-osiris-rex-on-a-path-to-sample-collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Epic! Can't wait for the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Looks like you're hovering over a nice sampling site there. I look forward to the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AloE Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 5:00 PM, cubinator said: that's a big picture. Any recommendations on software I can use to actually look at it? Now available publically in the Bennu Trek with 3D globe projection (& a >88 million vertices nexus shape model (nexus toolkit) ;-) now, how to add exploring Kerbals to such exquisite detail...lol...Thank you OSIRIS-REx team for capturing this amazing imagery. also a fun animation of particle ejections from Bennu in their recent news release... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 17 minutes ago, AloE said: Now available publically in the Bennu Trek with 3D globe projection (& a >88 million vertices nexus shape model (nexus toolkit) ;-) now, how to add exploring Kerbals to such exquisite detail...lol...Thank you OSIRIS-REx team for capturing this amazing imagery. also a fun animation of particle ejections from Bennu in their recent news release... Fantastic! I hadn't realized it was out of beta yet. We're still working on getting our color mosaic MapCam data released as a layer (don't get too excited, the colors are really subtle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Looks like parts of vesta are on bennu https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/bennu-vesta-meteorites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 Announcement This Thursday, Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx will hold a briefing to update members of the media on our sample collection efforts and to spread our excitement about TAG to the public. The briefing will be broadcast over NASA.gov. Details below: Date: Sept. 24 Time: 1900 UTC/3:00 pm EDT/12:00 pm PDT Website: Teleconference audio and visuals will stream live at www.nasa.gov/live Participating in the mission update are: • Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate • Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division • Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona, Tucson • Mike Moreau, OSIRIS-REx deputy project manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center • Sandra Freund, OSIRIS-REx mission operations manager at Lockheed Martin Space And between now and TAG – follow the mission on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram and our websites www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex and www.asteroidmission.org – to get in on the excitement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 It's almost time to touch Bennu. Follow along on NASA TV starting at 5pm EDT/21:00 UTC on Tuesday 20 October 2020 and a live stream of the STK simulation at https://www.asteroidmission.org and follow @OSIRISREx Until them watch in 3D. https://youtu.be/KGdooPr8XfI See what can go wrong (no F9 allowed)! https://youtu.be/0NlZlJAVnDA Or maybe learn a bit about the sample science: https://youtu.be/HCrwF4oBCvk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Good luck tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Some nice quotes for you at https://youtu.be/rNZjogVTmAM?t=1552 115 maneuvers, the most recent burn was 0.5 mm/s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Tune in at 5 pm EDT tomorrow! View this email in your browser October 19, 2020 Tomorrow is TAG Day! Tomorrow -- October 20 -- the OSIRIS-REx mission will perform the first attempt of its Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event at asteroid Bennu. Watch on NASA TV starting at 5 pm EDT, and follow along with the OSIRIS-REx Twitter account for a live play-by-play of TAG. In the meantime, keep following the OSIRIS-REx Twitter and Facebook pages for updates on the various activities surrounding this historic event. We look forward to sharing the excitement with you! The TAG Event Sequence Tomorrow, the spacecraft will leave its safe-home orbit to begin the journey to Bennu's surface. It'll perform the Checkpoint and Matchpoint burns to steeply descend to the surface, and then... it's time to collect a sample from site Nightingale! Download the poster to follow along. Read more about what to expect from TAG here. OSIRIS-REx in Real-Time Watch the spacecraft's activities like you're a member of the mission operations team! Stream the real-time engineering simulation of the sampling event starting at 1:22 pm EDT here. TAG is TRICKY! Wondering just how difficult it is to grab rocks off a tiny asteroid? The straight answer is… it's very difficult. But check out this video on how the OSIRIS-REx team has risen to the challenge. Take a Tour of Bennu Scientists had expected Bennu’s surface to consist of fine-grained material like a sandy beach, but were instead greeted by a rugged world littered with boulders – the size of cars, the size of houses, the size of football fields. Now, thanks to laser altimetry data and high-resolution imagery from OSIRIS-REx, we can take a tour of Bennu’s remarkable terrain. Follow Us At: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFastJellyfish Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Good hunting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 What's the thrust of the GIT? The mission looks really cool; people really need more information on asteroids. I'm definitely going to tune in for the TAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Entropian said: What's the thrust of the GIT? Remind me what GIT stands for. But here is probably more information than you want about the spacecraft https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-018-0521-6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entropian Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Strange. The fora seems to have reverted. I confused OSIRIS-ReX with the Hayabusa missions, my mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 "You collect a sample of the surface." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computercat04 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 I think we had contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoVampire Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 @computercat04 the touch was successful. The next 24-48 hours will reveal if samples were collected and how much was if they were. Such an exciting time! And congrats to the whole Osiris-Rex team! 024110212020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Wow. And for completeness: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevenperforce Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I suppose if you want to use the first photograph taken of Earth's surface, you'd use this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 56 minutes ago, sevenperforce said: I suppose if you want to use the first photograph taken of Earth's surface, you'd use this one: Nice. The first lunar surface image would be Luna 9's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AloE Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 (edited) I very much look forward to hearing about what did get collected & more views of the disturbed sight & those ejected materials as the craft backs away... some nice time lapse animations! https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=osiris-rex-tags-asteroid-bennu Edited October 23, 2020 by AloE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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