Posted on 10/01/2020 5:58:00 PM PDT by amorphous
OSIRIS-REx — an international sample-return mission led by NASA and joined by science team members from Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy, and with an instrument provided through the Canadian Space Agency — is less than one month away from performing a Touch-And-Go sample collection maneuver to return portions of asteroid Bennu to Earth.
Meanwhile, science teams have observed regular material shedding activity from the near Earth object — an unexpected find that allows scientists to better understand the dynamic little worlds littered throughout the inner solar system.
(Excerpt) Read more at nasaspaceflight.com ...
Ping.
LIVE: Antares Launches Cygnus NG-14 Cargo Resupply Mission
L-00:33:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDfcRKg3L1k
Everyone is having issues with ground telemetry today...
Antares launch scrubbed @ 2:21 second mark.
We’ve had a SpaceX, the NROL Delta IV, and now the Cygnus...all scrubbed in the last 3 days. What gives?
Don’t know. I didn’t wait around to hear why Antares got scrubbed, but the others were mainly ground sensor issues (ground support).
WOW
Thanks!
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