[meteorite-list] meteorite-related: Aug. 11 OSIRIS-REx Live Matchpoint Rehearsal
From: Dolores Hill <dhill_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 01:59:14 -0700 Message-ID: <11188caf-4f59-10fd-f931-28d7ec098d69_at_lpl.arizona.edu> Greetings Meteorite-friends! Tomorrow is a very important milestone for the OSIRIS-REx mission - the final rehearsal before sample collection! We invite you all to join us for a live play-by-play on Twitter August 11 at 2:30 EDT on Twitter at osirisrex (https://twitter.com/OSIRISREx) The OSIRIS-REx team will conduct its Matchpoint Maneuver Rehearsal over the Nightingale Site on asteroid Bennu. There will be a 16 minute one-way communication delay between the spacecraft and Earth. So the event commands will be uploaded to the spacecraft and the maneuver will be conducted autonomously. The low gain antenna will transmit data to Earth with images and science data downlinked when the rehearsal is completed. For more details on the Matchpoint Maneuver see: https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=nasas-osiris-rex-is-one-rehearsal-away-from-touching-asteroid-bennu We hope that all of you are doing well and that you and your families are staying healthy! Best regards and onward to Bennu! Dolores Hill -- Dolores H. Hill Sr. Research Specialist Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Kuiper Space Sciences Bldg. #92 The University of Arizona 1629 E. University Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85721 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/ OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Communication & Public Engagement Team Lead OSIRIS-REx Ambassadors program Co-lead OSIRIS-REx Target Asteroids! citizen science program Co-coordinator Target NEOs! observing program of the Astronomical League Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers - Meteorite Section http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/ http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids http://www.astroleague.org/files/u3/NEO_HomePage.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://pairlist3.pair.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/attachments/20200810/01efe82e/attachment.html>Received on Mon 10 Aug 2020 04:59:14 AM PDT |
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