Tuesday, May 11, 2021

NASA spacecraft starts trip back after collecting asteroid samples - The Jerusalem post

A NASA spacecraft, which scientists believe has collected samples from an asteroid, began its two-year journey back to Earth on Monday.


NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is attempting to complete a mission to visit Bennu, a skyscraper-sized asteroid some 200 million miles (320 million km) from Earth, survey the surface, collect samples and deliver them back to Earth.

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La nave espacial de la NASA tomó muestras del asteroide Bennu: la agencia espacial enseñó cómo quedó la superficie del asteroide. 

La nave trae consigo una valiosa carga, un kilogramo de material tomado del asteroide Bennu. 

Los científicos aguardan su aterrizaje en 2023 para así obtener nuevas pistas sobre los orígenes de nuestro planeta.

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