Numerous scientists, including in the UK, are hoping to get the chance to analyse any materials brought back from Bennu - among them Sara Russell from London's Natural History Museum. “And although we may have to move more quickly to stow the sample, it’s not a bad problem to have.
“Bennu continues to surprise us with great science and also throwing a few curveballs,” Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s associate administrator for science, said in the statement. “The loss of mass is of concern to me, so I’m strongly encouraging the team to stow this precious sample as quickly as possible.”. Yet NASA estimates the chance of that happening to be less than 6%. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}America's Osiris-Rex spacecraft has completed its audacious tag-and-go manoeuvre designed to grab surface rock from an asteroid. The aim was to collect at least 2 ounces (60 grams) to sample. "All right! Any extra mass on board will change the amount of torque required to turn the probe, compared with the amount needed to perform the same rotation exercise prior to sample acquisition. Amy Coney Barrett hit with impeachment calls over Pennsylvania election case Osisris-Rex took pictures all the way through its descent but could not send any of these home at the time because its high-gain antenna was not pointed at Earth. Numerous scientists, including in the UK, are hoping to get the chance to analyse any materials brought back from Bennu - among them Sara Russell from London's Natural History Museum. “And although we may have to move more quickly to stow the sample, it’s not a bad problem to have.
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