Collaborate Disseminate
How long does it take a team of rocket scientists to remove two screws? When the screws they’re working on are keeping a priceless sample of asteroid safe, it’s about …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: January 14, 2024
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule screamed its way through the upper atmosphere, it marked the first time the space agency had brought material from an asteroid back to Earth. …read more Continue reading NASA Blames Probe Chute Failure on Wire Labels
“As California goes, so goes the nation.” That adage has been true on and off for the last 100 years or so, and it’s true again now that GM’s Cruise …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 29, 2023
Too much of a good thing is generally a bad thing, but a surfeit of asteroid material is probably a valid exception to that rule. Such was NASA’s plight as …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 8, 2023
After a four year trek through deep space, OSIRIS-REx made history this evening as it became the first NASA spacecraft to try and collect a surface sample from an asteroid (Editor’s note: servers may be down due to the breaking news). Once sensors verify the collected material is safely onboard, …read more
Continue reading OSIRIS-REx Reaches Out and Touches Asteroid Bennu
Channeling his inner MacGyver, one engineer developed the innovative tool the OSIRIS-REx mission relies on. Continue reading How a Solo Cup and an Air Filter Became an Asteroid Collection Tool