Osiris-Rex was on his way home with an asteroid sample
The Osiris-Rex NASA spacecraft has spent almost half a decade in space and finally leaves Bennu asteroid and is on his way back to earth. NASA has announced that on Monday, May 10 at 4:23 pm Edt Spaceship fired a throttle full of its main engine for seven minutes. The main engine shooting represents the most significant maneuver for the spacecraft since arriving in Bennu in 2018.
NASA said the Throttle Burn pushed Osiris-Rex away from the asteroid at a price of 600 miles per hour. The burning ball from Asteroid marked the first step on a 2.5-year-old spaceship travel back to earth. After arriving at home, Osiris-Rex will fired its main engine and fly safely from the earth on the track that will see the spaceship circling the sun in Venus orbit. Osiris-Rex will orbit the sun twice
After making two orbits around the Sun, the spacecraft will reach the earth on September 24, 2023. When returning to earth, the capsules containing asteroid fragments will be separated from the remaining spacecraft and enter the atmosphere of the earth. The capsule will be a parachute with the Utah trial and the training range in the Western Desert Utah, where scientists will take it.
NASA said that the multi-year mission plan for Osiris-Rex requires a dozen navigation engineers who make calculations and write computer codes to instruct the spacecraft when and how to encourage themselves from Bennu. After leaving the asteroid, the most critical goal of the mission is to get a sample back to earth safely. Part of the mission plan includes planning future maneuvers that will make spacecraft on the trail.
NASA also recorded a navigation camera used to direct the spacecraft in connection with Bennu was turned off on April 9 after taking the last picture asteroid. At present, NASA uses a deep global spacecraft space network of communication facilities to direct the spacecraft. Engineers use measurements how long it takes radio signals to get a spacecraft from the earth to determine its location.
