NASA Announced "Asteroid Explorer Confirmed Collection of Stones and Sand" October 24, 10:14
NASA = NASA announced on the 23rd that a spacecraft exploring an asteroid 330 million kilometers away from the earth has confirmed that it has collected stones and sand from the surface of the asteroid.
NASA's spacecraft "Osiris-Rex" landed on the asteroid "Bennu", which is about 330 million kilometers away from the earth, on the 20th of this month, and tried to collect stones and sand on the surface.
As a result of analyzing the images sent from the spacecraft, NASA announced on the 23rd that it "confirmed that a sufficient amount of material was collected."
This is the third successful collection of asteroid stones and sand after Japan's Hayabusa and Hayabusa2.
The goal of landing on the asteroid this time was to collect at least 60 grams of stones and sand, but the footage shot shows stones and sand floating around the collection device. , NASA says, "There is a possibility that stones and sand are caught in the lid and the contents are drifting out," and it is a policy to hurry to seal the contents in a capsule so that they will not leak any more.
If all goes well, the spacecraft will leave Benne in March next year and bring stones and sand back to Earth in September 2023, which is expected to provide valuable information about the origin of life on Earth and the formation of the solar system. It has been.