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Osiris-Rex
Osiris-REx is a NASA probe launched in 2016, with a
mission to collect samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu. It rendezvoused in
December 2018 and analyzed the asteroid for two years, while deciding upon a suitable
site to extract a sample. The prob...
Keywords:
... Blender 3D, mission, NASA, Osiris-REx, probe,
sample, spacecraft, space craft ...
Psyche - V1
Illustration of NASA's Psyche mission near its target, the asteroid 16 Psyche. This
asteroid has a diameter of over 200 kilometres and is one of the largest asteroids in
the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft has a distinctive fiv...
Keywords:
... xploration, mission, NASA, nickel-iron, probe,
spacecraft, space craft, spacefli ...
Psyche - V2
Illustration of NASA's Psyche mission near its target, the asteroid 16 Psyche. This
asteroid has a diameter of over 200 kilometres and is one of the largest asteroids in
the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft has a distinctive fiv...
Keywords:
... xploration, mission, NASA, nickel-iron, probe,
spacecraft, space craft, spacefli ...
Dangers of Low-Earth Orbit
Artwork showing two of the potential dangers of low-Earth orbit. Since the late
1950s, the amount of junk in orbit around the Earth has escalated dramatically. The
debris includes pieces of old spacecraft and objects accidentally dropped by
astronaut...
Keywords:
... n, planet, planet Earth, press release, probe,
solar flare, Solar System, spacec ...
OSIRIS-REx Sample Return - V1
In the first mission of its Kind, NASA's OSIRIS-REx was launched in September 2016
with the aim of extracting a sample of regolith from an asteroid and returning it to
Earth. The spacecraft touched down on the asteroid 101955 Bennu in September 2020 ...
Keywords:
... th, gibbous, mission, NASA, OSIRIS-REx, probe,
sample return, spacecraft, space ...
OSIRIS-REx Sample Return - V2
In the first mission of its Kind, NASA's OSIRIS-REx was launched in September 2016
with the aim of extracting a sample of regolith from an asteroid and returning it to
Earth. The spacecraft touched down on the asteroid 101955 Bennu in September 2020 ...
Keywords:
... th, gibbous, mission, NASA, OSIRIS-REx, probe,
sample return, spacecraft, space ...
Juno at Io
On 30 December 2023, the Juno spacecraft, exploring the Jovian system, approached the
volcanic moon Io at a distance of just 1500 km (930 miles). A similar encounter is
scheduled to take place on 3 February 2024. The probe is monitoring the moon's vo...
Keywords:
animation, Blender 3D, chasms, cracks, crescent phase, Galilean, gas giant, Io, ...
Juno at Io - V1
On 30 December 2023, the Juno spacecraft, exploring the Jovian system, approached the
volcanic moon Io at a distance of just 1500 km (930 miles). A similar encounter is
scheduled to take place on 3 February 2024. The probe is monitoring the moon's vo...
Keywords:
Blender 3D, chasms, cracks, crescent phase, Galilean, gas giant, Io, jovian sate...
Juno at Io - V2
On 30 December 2023, the Juno spacecraft, exploring the Jovian system, approached the
volcanic moon Io at a distance of just 1500 km (930 miles). A similar encounter is
scheduled to take place on 3 February 2024. The probe is monitoring the moon's vo...
Keywords:
Blender 3D, chasms, cracks, crescent phase, Galilean, gas giant, Io, jovian sate...