I-US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ibika ukuba i-OSIRIS-REx i-automated probe iye yenza indlela esondeleyo kwi-asteroid Bennu kuze kube ngoku.
Masikhumbule ukuba iprojekthi ye-OSIRIS-REx, okanye i-Origins, i-Spectral Interpretation, i-Resource Identification, i-Security, i-Regolith Explorer, ijolise ekuqokeleleni iisampulu zamatye kwi-cosmic body ebizwa ngokuba yi-cosmic kwaye ihanjiswe emhlabeni.
Owona msebenzi uphambili ucwangciselwe u-Agasti walo nyaka. Isixhobo kulindeleke ukuba sikwazi ukuthatha iisampuli ezincinci kune-2 cm ububanzi.
Indawo ebizwa ngokuba yiNightingale yakhethelwa ukuba kwenziwe iisampulu: ikwicrater elele phezulu kumantla eHemisphere yaseBennu. Ngexesha lokusondela kwi-asteroid, iikhamera ze-OSIRIS-REx zimephu indawo ye-Nightingale ukumisela eyona ndawo ilungileyo yokuqokelela amatye.
Ngexesha le-flyby ngo-Matshi 3, isikhululo esizenzekelayo sazifumana kumgama weemitha ezingama-250 kuphela ukusuka kwi-asteroid. Ngenxa yoko, kwakunokwenzeka ukufumana imifanekiso eneenkcukacha ezininzi zomphezulu wale nto ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Indlela elandelayo icwangciselwe u-Epreli kulo nyaka: isixhobo siya kubhabha ngaphaya kweBennu kumgama weemitha ezili-125.
umthombo: 3dnews.ru