It always takes interesting people to build and launch a NASA deep space probe, but it’s hard to top the successful OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission with contributors ranging from North Alabama rocket builders to a British rock star.
Updated: Oct. 03, 2023, 3:35 p.m.Queen's Brian May celebrates the 40th anniversary of his first solo outing, "Star Fleet Project," with a box set coming out Friday, July 14 People who build and launch NASA’s deep space probes are usually an interesting crowd. But it’s hard to top the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission with its team ranging from North Alabama rocket builders to a British rock star.
on the Tennessee River in Decatur. In between launch and drop came sample scooping on the asteroid Bennu 63,000 miles away.specifically Queen rock guitarist Brian May, who has a PhD in astrophysics. “As the OSIRIS-REx mission progressed, I couldn’t help but share some of the latest developments with him,” Lauretta wrote in the preface ofa book he co-authored with May. " . . . To my delight, Brian showed a keen interest in the mission and the science behind it. It was clear that he was not just a casual fan, but a true space enthusiast and an advocate for space exploration.”
The crater targeted for samples – the Nightingale Crater – had a boulder at one edge but scientists were after deposits in the middle. It got them but. Some landed in the OSIRIS-REx sample chamber and some landed elsewhere in the spacecraft.
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