SunlitZelkova Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Are there any plans to live stream the reentry and recovery? (by anyone, not just NASA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 7 hours ago, SunlitZelkova said: Are there any plans to live stream the reentry and recovery? (by anyone, not just NASA) There will be. The Sample Return Capsule (SRC) will land in the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR)/Dugway Proving Ground, which is part of a military base, so there are restrictions. We will be planning the public engagement events to determine how to best share the experience. Landing at UTTR is necessary as it is a very large open space with enormous restricted airspace and the best radar coverage in the world to enable tracking of the SRC and ensure that it doesn't accidentally cause injury or property damage when it lands. ' It will be similar to the landing of the Stardust SRC in 2006, except during daylight and with higher resolution cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 44 minutes ago, IonStorm said: The Sample Return Capsule (SRC) will land in the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR)/Dugway Proving Ground I love how you (plural?) can just casually note nearly the exact spot where a tiny capsule will land on a rotating body from interplanetary space, years ahead of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 41 minutes ago, HebaruSan said: I love how you (plural?) can just casually note nearly the exact spot where a tiny capsule will land on a rotating body from interplanetary space, years ahead of time. It's just like landing at Kerbal Space Center, almost. Flight Dynamics must be using the Precise Node mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 37 minutes ago, IonStorm said: It's just like landing at Kerbal Space Center, almost. Flight Dynamics must be using the Precise Node mod And a very high-fidelity version of the Trajectories mod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 On August 9 and 11, 2021, the video produced at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, will be featured in the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater – a high honor for those in the graphic visualization field. Here is a making of, you might enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 40 minutes ago, tater said: Here is the paper and the graphics from the teleconference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) Mission extension confirmed, going to Apophis in 2029! https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-extends-exploration-for-8-planetary-science-missions Edited April 26, 2022 by insert_name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, insert_name said: Mission extension confirmed, going to Apophis in 2029! https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-extends-exploration-for-8-planetary-science-missions Here's a little more detail: https://news.arizona.edu/story/nasa-gives-green-light-osiris-rex-spacecraft-visit-another-asteroid As you know, once you go through the tremendous effort to get something into space you should use it as much a you can. The spacecraft is healthy and has enough ∆V to do more science after the sample is delivered to Earth for study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 19 minutes ago, IonStorm said: Here's a little more detail: https://news.arizona.edu/story/nasa-gives-green-light-osiris-rex-spacecraft-visit-another-asteroid As you know, once you go through the tremendous effort to get something into space you should use it as much a you can. The spacecraft is healthy and has enough ∆V to do more science after the sample is delivered to Earth for study. Interesting, so it won't make rendezvous until after the close approach. While looking for that flyby speed, I found a 2013 paper on the possibility of a manned visit at that time, but i guess there was no will (or budget) to do that. https://iaaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/iaa/Scientific Activity/conf/pdc2013/IAA-PDC13-04-20.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 20 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said: Interesting, so it won't make rendezvous until after the close approach. While looking for that flyby speed, I found a 2013 paper on the possibility of a manned visit at that time, but i guess there was no will (or budget) to do that. https://iaaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/iaa/Scientific Activity/conf/pdc2013/IAA-PDC13-04-20.pdf A potentially hazardous object would have a low ∆V from Earth for encounter. But it would still be a very challenging mission for humans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HebaruSan Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) Neat new animations from NASA highlighting the surprisingly weak surface: Takeaways: The models suggested "cohesion" would hold the rubble together, but it was essentially absent "With a puff of gas and an engine burn, OSIRIS-REx had displaced twelve cubic meters of granular material, six tons of loose rock that may have been packed together as lightly as a bowl of popcorn." Edited July 7, 2022 by HebaruSan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Do you want 3D files of Bennu for yourself? How about the sampling site before and after it was thrashed by the spacecraft? Well they are all here for the taking. All with the highest resolution data in existence. How about global mosaics? Got those too. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5069 Edited February 18, 2023 by IonStorm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubinator Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 12 hours ago, IonStorm said: Do you want 3D files of Bennu for yourself? How about the sampling site before and after it was thrashed by the spacecraft? Well they are all here for the taking. All with the highest resolution data in existence. How about global mosaics? Got those too. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5069 Hmm...my print volume is not large enough to print this at 1:1 scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 1 hour ago, IonStorm said: Checked USPS, didn't see it... real thing to go with the Webb stamp? I don't even use stamps, but I'll buy some OSIRIS-REx sheets for our xmas cards (I'll tell my wife this design is super festive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted March 14, 2023 Author Share Posted March 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, tater said: Checked USPS, didn't see it... real thing to go with the Webb stamp? I don't even use stamps, but I'll buy some OSIRIS-REx sheets for our xmas cards (I'll tell my wife this design is super festive). It was announced today https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2023/0314-usps-updates-2023-stamp-program.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 This needs a bump to present given the return date. Exciting! Wow, and briefing about to go live: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoeZ Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Crawled out from under my rock to wish @IonStorm and team best of luck coming landing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 7 hours ago, tater said: This needs a bump to present given the return date. Exciting! Wow, and briefing about to go live: Thanks for the bump. The hangar where the briefing happened was hot. Though not nearly as hot as it was during the recovery rehearsal last month (41°C); I'm at 17:46 in the video and in the back of the audience during the briefing :) Lots more videos at https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/Gallery/OSIRIS-REx.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IonStorm Posted August 31, 2023 Author Share Posted August 31, 2023 I just saw this amazing KSP recreation of the mission to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Almost home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AloE Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 On 9/11/2023 at 7:08 PM, tater said: Almost home! Useful current "OSIRIS-REx Sample Return" links https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/tag/sample-return/ https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_osiris_rex Link for the scheduled Sept. 24 NASA live stream (I'm one of the 40 'waiting' so far, so can you ;-): :-) Fantastic 1st mission...looking forward to re-entry and future photos of asteroid Apophis from the extended mission OSIRIS-APEX (OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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