OSIRIS-REx / OSIRIS-APEX auf Atlas V 411

It's TAG day. And we are officially GO for TAG. pic.twitter.com/5g17ympY3B

— NASA's OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) October 20, 2020

Am 21.10. ab 23:00 MESZ gibt es eine Pressekonferenz des OSIRIS-REx-Teams zum Erfolg der Probenahme (NASA-TV).

T-10 minutes to orbit departure

About T-10 minutes to orbit departure for the long-awaited Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event.

Make. Some. Noise. ? ? pic.twitter.com/J3qIX2PweJ

— NASA's OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) October 20, 2020

The Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event begins in 30 mins. Follow me here beginning at 1:45 pm ET for a play-by-play of today's 4.5 hour journey to Bennu's surface.

Dive into this feature to learn more about the TAG event: https://t.co/DSceo8UcDo pic.twitter.com/F4Yj8WqefC

— NASA's OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) October 20, 2020

Today's flight activities will include orbit departure, sample arm deployment, the Checkpoint and Matchpoint burns... and of course touchdown at sample site Nightingale! pic.twitter.com/VduDzXDL3O

— NASA's OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) October 20, 2020

Die Liveübertragung der NASA beginnt heute um 23:00 MESZ, geplante Dauer 1,5 Std.:

https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1318362634052194304

......
Am 21.10. ab 23:00 MESZ gibt es eine Pressekonferenz des OSIRIS-REx-Teams zum Erfolg der Probenahme (NASA-TV).

I'll send the images down to Earth after the sample collection event is complete (when I have a higher data transmission rate). For now, gotta focus on getting this sample! #ToBennuAndBack pic.twitter.com/5kfxZI4jji

— NASA's OSIRIS-REx (@OSIRISREx) October 20, 2020