Fantastic news. Just watched live the feed from NASA TV as the OSIRIS-REx sample capsule descended safely through the atmosphere and landed safely in the Utah desert. A brilliant mission has delivered its very precious samples from Asteroid Bennu. Congratulations to all the team members involved.
Less than 30 minutes to go before the OSIRIS-REx sample lands in the Utah desert. I am excited, but also a little bit nervous. Well, it is a really big moment. Watching first the BBC coverage and now NASA TV. Good luck to everyone involved.
So, today is Asteroid Day! Perhaps it’s me, but there is a sort of menacing feeling when you talk to people about asteroids. The pertinent question seems to be: Will they get us the way they got the dinosaurs? You know the sort of thing. And of course it is natural to worry about such…
Of course these are anxious times. So much to worry about. And now there is less than a week to go before launch. I am not an astronomer, but even I sense the tension mounting. If all goes according to plan the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the mighty Hubble, is due to be…
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