OSIRIS-REx任务在犹他沙漠彩排

In preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, recovery teams tour the projected landing ellipse in the Utah desert on July 17, 2023. The sample, collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, will return to Earth on September 24, 2023. The rocks and dust collected from the asteroid will offer scientists a window into the time when the Sun and planets were forming about 4.5 billion years ago.

The team has rehearsed portions of the recovery operation many times this year, but this was the most realistic rehearsal yet. See highlights from the rehearsal on the OSIRIS-REx blog.

Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

2023年7月17日，为了准备从NASA的OSIRIS-REx任务中取回样本回收舱，回收团队在犹他州沙漠的预计着陆椭圆中巡视。该样本于2020年10月由NASA的OSIRIS-REx航天器从小行星贝努上采集，将于2023年9月24日返回地球。从小行星上收集到的岩石和尘埃将为科学家们提供一扇了解大约45亿年前太阳和行星形成的窗口。

该团队今年已经多次排练了部分恢复操作，但这是迄今为止最真实的一次排练。在OSIRIS-REx博客上查看彩排集锦。

影像来源：NASA/Keegan Barber