1 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:10,076 >> SINCE LATE 2018, NASA'S 2 00:00:10,076 --> 00:00:11,928 OSIRIS-REX MISSION HAS BEEN 3 00:00:11,928 --> 00:00:13,697 EXPLORING NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID 4 00:00:13,697 --> 00:00:15,448 BENNU. 5 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:18,468 OSIRIS-REX HAS CAPTURED CLOSE-UP 6 00:00:18,468 --> 00:00:20,420 IMAGES AND 3D MAPS OF BENNU'S 7 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:22,338 ROCKY TERRAIN, STUDIED ITS 8 00:00:22,338 --> 00:00:24,424 GEOLOGY AND CHEMICAL MAKEUP AND 9 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:26,259 WITNESSED PARTICLES BEING 10 00:00:26,259 --> 00:00:27,761 EJECTED INTO SPACE. 11 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:30,063 IN OCTOBER 2020, THE SPACECRAFT 12 00:00:30,063 --> 00:00:31,831 VENTURED TO BENNU'S RUGGED 13 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:34,200 SURFACE AND GRABBED A SAMPLE OF 14 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,437 THE ASTEROID THAT IT WILL RETURN 15 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:41,541 TO EARTH IN 2023. 16 00:00:41,541 --> 00:00:44,194 NOW THAT ITS SCIENCE GOALS ARE 17 00:00:44,194 --> 00:00:47,630 COMPLETE, THE TIME HAS COME FOR 18 00:00:47,630 --> 00:00:52,135 OSIRIS-REX TO FIRE ITS AND BID 19 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:56,289 FAREWELL TO BENNU. 20 00:00:56,289 --> 00:00:57,190 >> HELLO, EVERYONE! 21 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:57,757 TODAY IS A BIG DAY AT NASA. 22 00:00:57,757 --> 00:00:59,426 AFTER TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF 23 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:00,960 SPACE OPERATIONS NEAR ASTEROID 24 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:02,545 BENNU, NASA'S FIRST ASTEROID 25 00:01:02,545 --> 00:01:04,397 RETURN MISSION OSIRIS-REX IS 26 00:01:04,397 --> 00:01:06,433 READY TO BID FAREWELL TO THIS 27 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:08,418 FASCINATING ROCKY OBJECT 28 00:01:08,418 --> 00:01:10,537 I'M JOY NG AND I'M JOINING YOU 29 00:01:10,537 --> 00:01:11,888 FROM NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT 30 00:01:11,888 --> 00:01:13,173 CENTER IN GREENBELT, MARYLAND. 31 00:01:13,173 --> 00:01:14,274 WE ARE ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY 32 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:15,608 FROM WITNESSING THE EXACT MOMENT 33 00:01:15,608 --> 00:01:16,242 OSIRIS-REX BEGINS IT'S A JOURNEY 34 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:16,843 BACK TO EARTH AND BEGINS A NEW 35 00:01:16,843 --> 00:01:18,211 PHASE OF ITS MISSION. 36 00:01:18,211 --> 00:01:20,113 IT'S A JOURNEY THAT WILL TAKE 37 00:01:20,113 --> 00:01:21,664 MORE THAN TWO YEARS, AND IT WILL 38 00:01:21,664 --> 00:01:23,416 BE THE LARGEST SAMPLE RETURN 39 00:01:23,416 --> 00:01:25,001 SINCE THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS 40 00:01:25,001 --> 00:01:26,870 BROUGHT BACK ROCKS FROM THE MOON 41 00:01:26,870 --> 00:01:29,122 IN THE '70S. 42 00:01:29,122 --> 00:01:30,990 IN TODAY'S SHOW, WE HAVE AN 43 00:01:30,990 --> 00:01:32,642 EXCITING LINEUP. 44 00:01:32,642 --> 00:01:34,144 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE YOU INSIDE 45 00:01:34,144 --> 00:01:35,595 LOCKHEED MARTIN'S MISSION 46 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:36,996 SUPPORT AREA IN LITTLETON, 47 00:01:36,996 --> 00:01:39,065 COLORADO, AS WE DEPART ASTEROID 48 00:01:39,065 --> 00:01:40,867 BENNU. 49 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:42,685 WE WILL SHOW YOU THE LAST IMAGES 50 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:45,054 OF BENNU TAKEN BY OSIRIS-REX 51 00:01:45,054 --> 00:01:47,724 AND EXPLAIN WHY THE MISSION 52 00:01:47,724 --> 00:01:49,042 CHOSE TO MAKE ONE FINAL CLOSE 53 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,310 ENCOUNTER WITH THE ASTEROID. 54 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:51,795 HELPING US TELL THOSE STORIES 55 00:01:51,795 --> 00:01:53,429 WILL BE THE CURRENT OSIRIS-REX 56 00:01:53,513 --> 00:01:54,964 TEAM, THAT HAS BEEN WORKING 57 00:01:54,964 --> 00:01:56,416 TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE 58 00:01:56,416 --> 00:01:58,301 ABOUT TO FINISH THEIR STINT ON 59 00:01:58,301 --> 00:02:00,186 THE MISSION AS THE SPACECRAFT 60 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:02,222 HEADS INTO ITS NEW PHASE. 61 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:04,057 JOY: IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR 62 00:02:04,057 --> 00:02:06,075 ANY OF THE TEAM, HEAD TO NASA'S 63 00:02:06,075 --> 00:02:07,961 SOLAR SYSTEM INSTAGRAM TO POP 64 00:02:07,961 --> 00:02:10,130 YOUR QUESTIONS IN OUR STORIES! 65 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:12,465 YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW ALONG WITH 66 00:02:12,465 --> 00:02:14,617 THE MISSION ON THE NASA SOLAR 67 00:02:14,617 --> 00:02:16,719 SYSTEM ACCOUNTS ON TWITTER, 68 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:18,805 FACEBOOK, AND INSTAGRAM OR BY 69 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:21,541 FOLLOWING THE HASHTAG. 70 00:02:21,541 --> 00:02:23,409 #TOBENNUANDBACK. 71 00:02:23,409 --> 00:02:24,744 JOY: ASTEROID BENNU IS THE 72 00:02:24,744 --> 00:02:25,845 SMALLEST OBJECT EVER TO BE 73 00:02:25,845 --> 00:02:26,412 ORBITED BY A SPACECRAFT AND 74 00:02:26,412 --> 00:02:26,913 THERE IS A TEAM WATCHING 75 00:02:26,913 --> 00:02:28,014 OSIRIS-REX'S EVERY MOVE 76 00:02:28,014 --> 00:02:29,115 THEY'RE BASED AT LOCKHEED MARTIN 77 00:02:29,115 --> 00:02:30,216 SPACE IN LITTLETON, WHERE 78 00:02:30,216 --> 00:02:31,284 OSIRIS-REX WAS BUILT AND WHERE 79 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:32,335 MISSION CONTROLLERS RECEIVE ITS 80 00:02:32,335 --> 00:02:33,436 DATA AND CAN TELL HOW IT'S 81 00:02:33,436 --> 00:02:34,587 DOING. 82 00:02:34,587 --> 00:02:35,221 LET'S CHECK IN WITH THEM NOW TO 83 00:02:35,221 --> 00:02:35,788 GET AN UPDATE ON TODAY'S BIG 84 00:02:35,788 --> 00:02:37,991 EVENT! 85 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:40,793 >> HI, LAUREN, HOW IS IT GOING? 86 00:02:40,793 --> 00:02:44,464 >> HI, I'M LAUREN DUDA, AND I'M 87 00:02:44,464 --> 00:02:45,698 HERE IN THE LOCKHEED MARTIN 88 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:47,417 MISSION SUPPORT AREA WITH OUR 89 00:02:47,417 --> 00:02:48,885 TEAM THAT'S CONDUCTING 90 00:02:48,885 --> 00:02:50,737 OSIRIS-REX'S DEPARTURE 91 00:02:50,737 --> 00:02:52,906 OPERATIONS RIGHT BEHIND ME. 92 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:53,540 JOINING ME NOW IS CAREY PARISH, 93 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:54,841 OSIRIS-REX'S PROPULSION LEAD AT 94 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:55,675 LOCKHEED MARTIN. 95 00:02:55,675 --> 00:02:57,177 CAREY, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH 96 00:02:57,177 --> 00:02:59,612 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY? 97 00:02:59,612 --> 00:03:03,449 TODAY WE ARE 98 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:04,050 USING ITS LARGEST THRUSTERS TO 99 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:04,684 CHANGE OSIRIS-REX'S VELOCITY AND 100 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:05,285 DIRECTION AND BEGIN ITS RETURN 101 00:03:05,285 --> 00:03:09,923 TO EARTH. 102 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:11,524 TODAY'S ACTIVITIES SIMILAR TO 103 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:13,026 MANEUVERS WE EXECUTED OVER THE 104 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:14,928 LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. 105 00:03:14,928 --> 00:03:16,129 THE MAIN DIFFERENCE, THOUGH. 106 00:03:16,129 --> 00:03:19,732 WE WILL FIRE 107 00:03:19,732 --> 00:03:20,333 THRUSTERS WILL FIRE FOR LONGER 108 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:20,967 THAN USUAL TO REALLY KICK UP THE 109 00:03:20,967 --> 00:03:21,601 SPACECRAFT'S MOMENTUM AND GET IT 110 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:24,537 HEADING BACK TOWARDS EARTH. 111 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,839 >> SO THIS WILL BE THE LONGEST 112 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:28,841 ENGINE BURN SINCE A THE ASTEROID 113 00:03:28,841 --> 00:03:31,644 BENNU. 114 00:03:31,644 --> 00:03:32,145 HOW LONG WILL THE WHOLE 115 00:03:32,145 --> 00:03:33,947 DEPARTURE PROCESS TAKE? 116 00:03:33,947 --> 00:03:36,149 >> THE MANEUVER ITSELF LASTS FOR 117 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:37,550 TEN MINUTES. 118 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:39,102 CAREY: WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE 119 00:03:39,102 --> 00:03:40,620 PAST FEW WEEKS TO OPTIMIZE THE 120 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:42,238 SIZE OF THE MANEUVER AND THE 121 00:03:42,238 --> 00:03:43,957 DIRECTION WE ARE POINTING WHEN 122 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:45,541 WE FIRE OUR THRUSTERS. 123 00:03:45,541 --> 00:03:47,193 OUR MAIN ENGINE BURN SEQUENCE 124 00:03:47,193 --> 00:03:48,978 STARTED ABOUT ONE HOUR BEFORE 125 00:03:48,978 --> 00:03:50,630 THE ENGINES ACTUALLY FIRE. 126 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:51,814 THE BURN ITSELF WILL TAKE 127 00:03:51,814 --> 00:03:54,667 APPROXIMATELY 7 MINUTES. 128 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:55,868 >> THAT IS EXCITING. 129 00:03:55,868 --> 00:03:57,170 I KNOW I CAN'T WAIT FOR WHAT 130 00:03:57,170 --> 00:03:58,471 HAPPENS IN A LITTLE WHILE. 131 00:03:58,471 --> 00:03:59,806 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US 132 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:02,508 TODAY, CAREY. 133 00:04:02,508 --> 00:04:04,410 GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND THE TEAM. 134 00:04:04,410 --> 00:04:10,283 THANK YOU, LAUREN. 135 00:04:10,283 --> 00:04:12,685 >> THE SPACECRAFT WILL HAVE TO 136 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:14,988 SURF USING PRETTY COOL ORBITAL 137 00:04:14,988 --> 00:04:15,989 MECHANICS. 138 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,290 JOINING US NOW TO TALK ABOUT 139 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:24,397 THAT IS MIKE. 140 00:04:24,397 --> 00:04:24,797 MIKE. 141 00:04:24,797 --> 00:04:25,999 HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? 142 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:26,399 >> GREAT. 143 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:27,000 LAUREN. 144 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,501 REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH 145 00:04:28,501 --> 00:04:32,705 LOCKHEED MARTIN AND TIME 146 00:04:32,705 --> 00:04:33,706 MEMBERS. 147 00:04:33,706 --> 00:04:34,607 >> WE ARE EXCITED TO YOU HAVE 148 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:36,109 AND VERY EXCITED FOR TODAY. 149 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:38,111 SO FAST FORWARDING A LITTLE BIT. 150 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:41,314 AFTER OSIRIS-REX HEADS BACK TO 151 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:43,316 EARTH HOW WILL THE SAMPLE RETURN 152 00:04:43,316 --> 00:04:45,318 CAPSULE GET BACK TO EARTH. 153 00:04:45,318 --> 00:04:51,924 >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. 154 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:56,512 EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH LOCKHEED 155 00:04:56,512 --> 00:05:00,233 MARTIN AND KINETX TEAM MEMBERS 156 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:03,353 TO GET THE SPACECRAFT HEADED 157 00:05:03,353 --> 00:05:06,272 TOWARDS HOME. 158 00:05:06,272 --> 00:05:08,341 IT WILL TAKE TWO YEARS TO CATCH 159 00:05:08,341 --> 00:05:09,142 UP WITH THE EARTH. 160 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:10,443 SOL AFTER THAT JOURNEY. 161 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:12,445 THE SAMPLE RETURN CAPSULE WILL 162 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:14,847 BE JETTISON FROM THE SPACECRAFT 163 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:17,350 IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023 JUST FOUR 164 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:19,352 HOURS BEFORE ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY 165 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:22,755 AND THE SATELLITE WILL PERFORM 166 00:05:22,755 --> 00:05:24,957 THE OWN MANEUVER TO DIVERT AND 167 00:05:24,957 --> 00:05:26,959 FLY SAFELY PAST THE EARTH. 168 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:28,261 >> WELL, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEIZE 169 00:05:28,261 --> 00:05:29,862 WHAT THE SPACECRAFT BRINGS BACK 170 00:05:29,862 --> 00:05:32,565 TO US IN A SAMPLE RETURN 171 00:05:32,565 --> 00:05:33,266 CAPSULE. 172 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:34,867 SO PLEDGING BACK AL LITTLE BIT 173 00:05:34,867 --> 00:05:36,869 ON WHAT THE MISSION HAS DONE 174 00:05:36,869 --> 00:05:37,570 DATE. 175 00:05:37,570 --> 00:05:42,375 OSIRIS-REX ARRIVED IN DES 176 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,377 DECEMBER OF 2018 BUT IT DIDN'T 177 00:05:44,377 --> 00:05:46,479 STAY IN ORBIT LIKE MOST MISSIONS 178 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:48,581 J. WAS THAT? 179 00:05:48,581 --> 00:05:50,083 >> THE SHORT ANSWER, LAUREN, 180 00:05:50,083 --> 00:05:52,585 THAT BENNU'S GRAPH MUCH WEAKER 181 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:55,588 THAN OF A PLANET LIKE MARS OR 182 00:05:55,588 --> 00:05:57,790 JUPITER SO LIKE A DANCE. 183 00:05:57,790 --> 00:06:00,026 IT TAKES ONLY TIME TO SEND 184 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:03,029 OSIRIS-REX CHANGE DIRECTION TO 185 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:04,731 EXECUTE THE NEXT FLY BAY OR 186 00:06:04,731 --> 00:06:06,332 CAPTURE INTO ORBIT OR WHATEVER 187 00:06:06,332 --> 00:06:08,401 THE NEXT DANCE MOVE IS. 188 00:06:08,401 --> 00:06:12,004 SO OSIRIS-REX IS ATTRACTED BY 189 00:06:12,004 --> 00:06:15,007 BENNU'S GRAVITY BUT SO SMALL IT 190 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:16,509 IS PUSHED AROUND THE BY THE 191 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,511 SUN'S RADIATION PRESSURE ON 192 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:20,213 SOLAR ARRAYS AND FROM HEATING 193 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:21,614 AND COOLING FROM SURFACES OF THE 194 00:06:21,614 --> 00:06:22,615 SPACECRAFT. 195 00:06:22,615 --> 00:06:24,217 SO THAT IS WHAT MAKES BENNU SO 196 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,619 CHALLENGING IS THE PRECISE 197 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:28,221 MODELING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN 198 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:29,522 ORDER TO DO THIS DANCE AROUND 199 00:06:29,522 --> 00:06:30,223 BENNU. 200 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:30,923 >> ABC LIT. 201 00:06:30,923 --> 00:06:32,625 THAT SOUNDS SUPER COMPLEX. 202 00:06:32,625 --> 00:06:33,826 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS ACTUALLY 203 00:06:33,826 --> 00:06:35,828 NOT THAT EASY TO FLY IN LOW 204 00:06:35,828 --> 00:06:36,329 GRAVITY. 205 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:38,731 NO, IT IS REQUIRED A MONUMENTAL 206 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:40,032 AMOUNT OF EFFORT BY THE 207 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:41,334 OPERATIONS AND NAVIGATION TEAM 208 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:43,436 MEMBERS FROM WHERE I SITTING IN 209 00:06:43,436 --> 00:06:45,238 THE ROOM TODAY. 210 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:46,839 SO I KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAVE A 211 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:49,842 VIDEO OUT THERE OF THE COMPLEX 212 00:06:49,842 --> 00:06:52,545 WHEN THAT OSIRIS-REX MADE AROUND 213 00:06:52,545 --> 00:06:53,446 BENNU. 214 00:06:53,446 --> 00:06:55,748 CAN YOU TALK TO US THROUGH THAT. 215 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:58,951 IT MAPS OUT EVERY ARC AND ORBIT 216 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:01,888 PERFORMED BY OSIRIS-REX IN 2018 217 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:04,090 WHEN OSIRIS-REX FIRST ARRIVED 218 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:07,193 AND MADE A SERIES OF FLYBYS FROM 219 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:08,761 FIVE MILES YOU WAY THEN CAPTURED 220 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:11,164 INTO ORBIT AT IN THE OF 2018 221 00:07:11,164 --> 00:07:13,566 JUST A MILE ABOVE THE SUR THIS 222 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:15,768 PATTERN OF LEADING ORBIT AND FLY 223 00:07:15,768 --> 00:07:17,470 BUYS AND RETURNING WAS REPEATED 224 00:07:17,470 --> 00:07:19,172 THROUGH MISSION PHASES EACH TIME 225 00:07:19,172 --> 00:07:21,574 GETTING CLOSER TO TO GREATER 226 00:07:21,574 --> 00:07:22,275 DETAIL. 227 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:25,178 SO IN 2020 WE BEGAN CONDUCT 228 00:07:25,178 --> 00:07:27,480 REHEARSALS AND HAD THE SAME 229 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:28,581 PATTERN OF GETTING BACK INTO 230 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:30,283 ORBIT AFTER EACH ACTIVITY THEN 231 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:33,986 AFTER THE TAG IN 2010 IN OCTOBER 232 00:07:33,986 --> 00:07:36,389 WE DRIFTED 2,000 AWAY FROM BEEN 233 00:07:36,389 --> 00:07:37,590 KNEW THEN AT IN THE OF THE 234 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:38,891 ANIMATION YOU CAN SEE WE CAME 235 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:40,893 BACK FOR ONE LAST FLY BY ON 236 00:07:40,893 --> 00:07:42,795 APRIL7th TO SEE HOW WE CAN 237 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:45,198 DISTURB THE TAG STREET THE 238 00:07:45,198 --> 00:07:47,099 SAMPLE COLLECTION EVENT. 239 00:07:47,099 --> 00:07:47,700 >> WOW. 240 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:49,402 SO I KNOW THAT REALLY LOOKS LAKE 241 00:07:49,402 --> 00:07:51,204 TANGLED WIN DEED. 242 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:52,605 AND SO DID THE TEAM LEARN 243 00:07:52,605 --> 00:07:54,106 ANYTHING FROM DOING THE VERY 244 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:57,610 PRECISE MANEUVERS 245 00:07:57,610 --> 00:07:58,211 >> YEAH. 246 00:07:58,211 --> 00:07:58,911 ABSOLUTELY. 247 00:07:58,911 --> 00:08:01,147 EVERY KINK IN THIS MEANS THE 248 00:08:01,147 --> 00:08:02,648 SPACECRAFT PERFORMED EXTREMELY 249 00:08:02,648 --> 00:08:03,950 PRECISE MANEUVER. 250 00:08:03,950 --> 00:08:07,353 CHANGING THE VELOCITY BY 2 TO 20 251 00:08:07,353 --> 00:08:09,722 PER SECOND SO EACH THOSE HUGE 252 00:08:09,722 --> 00:08:11,524 EFFORT BY THE TEMPERATURE IN THE 253 00:08:11,524 --> 00:08:11,724 ROOM. 254 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:13,526 SOME THE NEXT SMALL BODY MISSION 255 00:08:13,526 --> 00:08:15,127 AND I BELIEVE WE ARE ABLE TO USE 256 00:08:15,127 --> 00:08:17,830 THE ONBOARD THAT MADE OUR TAG 257 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:20,433 EVENTS SO SUCCESSFUL TO EASE THE 258 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:21,834 BURNED ON THE TEAM MEMBERS OVER 259 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:23,436 THE TWO YEAR OF OPERATIONS THAT 260 00:08:23,436 --> 00:08:24,237 WE DID. 261 00:08:24,237 --> 00:08:25,938 >> THAT SO EXCITING. 262 00:08:25,938 --> 00:08:27,940 ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE MISSION 263 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:28,441 LIKE TO. 264 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:29,442 EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE 265 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:30,943 LEARN THINGS TO TAKE FORWARD. 266 00:08:30,943 --> 00:08:32,345 MIKE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING 267 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:32,945 US TODAY. 268 00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:34,347 WE ARE SO GLAD YOU FLOOR. 269 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:35,748 I KNOW WE WILL SEE YOU BACK 270 00:08:35,748 --> 00:08:36,949 LATER IN THE SHOW. 271 00:08:36,949 --> 00:08:42,488 >> THANKS A LOT. 272 00:08:42,488 --> 00:08:48,344 WHEN OSIRIS-REX FIRST ARRIVED IT 273 00:08:48,344 --> 00:08:52,114 MADE A SERIES OF FLYBYS OVER 274 00:08:52,114 --> 00:08:55,034 BENNU FROM ABOUT FIVE MILES 275 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:55,635 BEFORE COMING CLOSE ENOUGH ON 276 00:08:55,635 --> 00:08:56,168 NEW YEAR'S EVE 2018 TO BE 277 00:08:56,168 --> 00:08:56,802 CAPTURED INTO ORBIT LITTLE OVER 278 00:08:56,802 --> 00:09:02,909 ONE MILE ABOVE THE SURFACE. 279 00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:03,409 ♪ 280 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:04,010 ♪ 281 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:04,410 ♪ 282 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:04,911 ♪ 283 00:09:04,911 --> 00:09:21,494 ♪ 284 00:09:21,494 --> 00:09:21,994 ♪ 285 00:09:21,994 --> 00:09:22,495 ♪ 286 00:09:22,495 --> 00:09:22,695 ♪ 287 00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:54,327 ♪ 288 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:54,727 >> WOW. 289 00:09:54,727 --> 00:09:56,929 THAT IS SUCH AN EXCITING MOMENT. 290 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:57,630 I LOVE SEEING THAT. 291 00:09:57,630 --> 00:10:00,333 YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH IS FLYING 292 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:01,834 AROUND IN THOSE MAJORS TAKE BOON 293 00:10:01,834 --> 00:10:10,343 THINK SPACECRAFT. 294 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:10,943 TAG WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR THE 295 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:11,544 MISSION OSIRIS-REX COLLECTED A 296 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:12,144 SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ROCK AND 297 00:10:12,144 --> 00:10:12,745 DUST, BUT THAT SUCCESS CREATED 298 00:10:12,745 --> 00:10:13,112 ANOTHER HICCUP. 299 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:13,679 A LITTLE WHILE AGO, WE ASKED 300 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:14,146 RYAN OLDS THE GUIDANCE 301 00:10:14,146 --> 00:10:14,780 NAVIGATION AND CONTROL TEAM LEAD 302 00:10:14,780 --> 00:10:15,281 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER TAG. 303 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:24,056 LET'S HEAR WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. 304 00:10:24,056 --> 00:10:26,559 >> WE HAD TO NO WAY TO KNOW FOR 305 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:26,959 SURE. 306 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:31,764 SEEING THE FIRST PICTURES TO 307 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:33,065 BEING STUNNED. 308 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:35,167 WE SAW WE HAD TON OF MATERIAL IN 309 00:10:35,167 --> 00:10:36,068 THE SAMPLE HEAD. 310 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:38,371 BUT THE MORE AND MORE IMAGES WE 311 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:39,972 STARTED TO SEE, THE MORE WE 312 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:41,974 STARTED TO PAUSE AND SAY WAIT 313 00:10:41,974 --> 00:10:43,275 MINUTE WE START TO LOSE THE 314 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,677 SAMPLES SO WE HAD TO LOOK 315 00:10:44,677 --> 00:10:45,978 THROUGH THE IMAGES TO DETERMINE 316 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:47,179 WHAT WAS GOING ON. 317 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:48,981 HOW MUCH SAM BELL HAD. 318 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:50,883 ANY RISK AND THERE ARE SOME 319 00:10:50,883 --> 00:10:51,984 POSSIBILITIES OF THE MATERIAL 320 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:53,486 GETTING INTO THE WAY AND 321 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:55,488 BLOCKING THE SAMPLING MECHANISM 322 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:56,689 FROM STOWING PROPERLY. 323 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:58,090 WE STARTED TO REALIZE, WE MAY 324 00:10:58,090 --> 00:10:59,592 HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES HERE 325 00:10:59,592 --> 00:11:01,427 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 326 00:11:01,427 --> 00:11:02,728 SO IN ORDER TO KNOW THE SAMPLE 327 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:06,032 WAS STORED SAFELY RELIED A LOT 328 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:09,201 ON MAJORS FROM THE CAMERA WHICH 329 00:11:09,201 --> 00:11:10,603 TOOK PICTURES OF THE CAPSULE AND 330 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:12,304 THE SAMPLEHEAD. 331 00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:14,006 IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING PROCESS. 332 00:11:14,006 --> 00:11:16,409 WE HAD NOT PRACTICED THAT 333 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:17,810 PROCEDURE SINCE BEFORE LAUNCH 334 00:11:17,810 --> 00:11:19,211 WHEN THE IT WAS HIGH. 335 00:11:19,211 --> 00:11:20,613 TO GO THROUGH PROCESS. 336 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:22,615 TAKING ALL THE MAJORS Z WE 337 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:24,016 CAREFULLY MOVE THE SAMPLE HEAD 338 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:25,918 INTO THE CAPSULE WAS EXTREMELY 339 00:11:25,918 --> 00:11:27,620 EXCITING AND CHALLENGING AND 340 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:34,627 WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. 341 00:11:34,627 --> 00:11:36,529 >> THAT WAS MOMENT FOR THE 342 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:38,230 MISSION AFTER THE HARD WORK THAT 343 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:42,134 WENT INTO TAGGING OSIRIS-REX WAS 344 00:11:42,134 --> 00:11:43,836 ITS OWN SUCCESS. 345 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:45,938 TO TELL US HOW IT ADAPTED WE 346 00:11:45,938 --> 00:11:48,340 HAVE PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR ARE 347 00:11:48,340 --> 00:11:53,345 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA DANTE, 348 00:11:53,345 --> 00:11:55,147 HI, HOW ARE YOU? 349 00:11:55,147 --> 00:11:57,049 >> I AM EXCITED, JOY. 350 00:11:57,049 --> 00:11:58,250 A GREAT DAY FOR THE MISSION. 351 00:11:58,250 --> 00:12:01,187 >> SO WE JUST SAW OSIRIS-REX 352 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:02,988 CREATE A LOT OF TURBULENCE ON 353 00:12:02,988 --> 00:12:04,690 BENNU DURING THE SAMPLE GRAB. 354 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:06,692 WHAT DOES THE FLYING REVIEW 355 00:12:06,692 --> 00:12:08,961 REPEAL ARE THE ROUGH SURFACE. 356 00:12:08,961 --> 00:12:09,962 >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST 357 00:12:09,962 --> 00:12:11,163 UNCERTAINTIES WHEN WE WERE 358 00:12:11,163 --> 00:12:12,264 DESIGNING THE MISSION. 359 00:12:12,264 --> 00:12:13,466 WHAT WAS GOING TO HAP BEN WHEN 360 00:12:13,466 --> 00:12:15,468 THE SPACECRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH 361 00:12:15,468 --> 00:12:15,968 BENNU. 362 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:17,470 WE HAD PREDICTIONS RANGING FROM 363 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:19,371 A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO THREE 364 00:12:19,371 --> 00:12:24,176 FEET DEEP THE ARM WOULD SINK. 365 00:12:24,176 --> 00:12:25,678 THE SPACECRAFT WAS PENETRATED 366 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:27,480 DEEP FLY THE ASTEROID SURFACE 367 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,482 AND THE SURFACE RESPONDED TO 368 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:31,283 LAKE FLUID LIKE TO COMPARE TO 369 00:12:31,283 --> 00:12:33,786 THE BALL PITSE AS KIDS' 370 00:12:33,786 --> 00:12:35,387 PLAYGROUND WE LEARN THE SURFACES 371 00:12:35,387 --> 00:12:37,189 OF THE ASTEROIDS ARE LOOSELY 372 00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:40,593 CONSOLIDATED. 373 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:43,295 >> BUT IT WAS DRAMATIC MANEUVER 374 00:12:43,295 --> 00:12:45,698 SO WHY DO WED WE NEED ASTEROID 375 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:46,999 SAMPLE? 376 00:12:46,999 --> 00:12:48,901 >> ASTEROIDS ARE THE GEOLOGICAL 377 00:12:48,901 --> 00:12:50,402 REMNANTS FROM THE DAWN OF THE 378 00:12:50,402 --> 00:12:50,903 SOLAR SYSTEM. 379 00:12:50,903 --> 00:12:52,705 WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW DID 380 00:12:52,705 --> 00:12:54,807 EARTH BECOME A HABITABLE PLANET 381 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:57,109 HOW WITH WERE THE SEEDS OF LIFE 382 00:12:57,109 --> 00:12:58,611 THOSE ORGANIC MATERIALS 383 00:12:58,611 --> 00:12:59,912 DELIVERED TO EARTH THAT 384 00:12:59,912 --> 00:13:01,447 TRIGGERED THE ORIGIN OF LIFE AND 385 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:02,748 EVOLUTION AS WE KNOW IT? 386 00:13:02,748 --> 00:13:04,550 SO WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE 387 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:06,051 ROCKS THAT DATE FROM THAT TIME 388 00:13:06,051 --> 00:13:07,853 OF SOLAR SYSTEM HISTORY. 389 00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:09,121 THANK IS WHERE YOU FUND THE 390 00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:11,123 ASTEROIDS. 391 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:12,925 THAT IS WHERE YOU FUN THE 392 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:14,026 ASTEROIDS. 393 00:13:14,026 --> 00:13:15,427 >> I AM SO EXCITED TO FINALLY 394 00:13:15,427 --> 00:13:16,128 COME BACK. 395 00:13:16,128 --> 00:13:19,732 SO AFTER APRIL7th, 2021. 396 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:21,634 OSIRIS-REX MADE THE FINAL 397 00:13:21,634 --> 00:13:24,737 FLYOVER OF BENNU WHAT WHY DID 398 00:13:24,737 --> 00:13:26,939 YOU SEN BACK AFTER COLLECTING 399 00:13:26,939 --> 00:13:28,240 THE SAM FEEL? WELL, WE HAVE 400 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,943 SEEN THAT FOOTAGE OF THE DAY IT 401 00:13:30,943 --> 00:13:33,546 CONNECTED AND SENT THAT DEBRIS 402 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:34,146 FLYING EVERYWHERE. 403 00:13:34,146 --> 00:13:35,848 EVERYBODY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IS 404 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:36,949 THE SURFACE LOOK LIKE. 405 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:38,651 THE GOOD NEWS WAS, AFTER WE 406 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:40,252 CHECKED OUT THE SPACECRAFT, HE 407 00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:43,055 LOOKED HEALTHY NO SIGN OF ANY 408 00:13:43,055 --> 00:13:46,559 WHATSOEVER THE TAG EVENT AND THE 409 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,060 SLIGHT DYNAMICS TEAM DID THE 410 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:49,962 CALCULATIONS AND SAID TODAY 411 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:52,264 MAY10th WAS THE BEST TO 412 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:54,366 CONSERVE FUEL ON THE SPACECRAFT. 413 00:13:54,366 --> 00:13:55,768 SO A HEALTHY SPACECRAFT AND 414 00:13:55,768 --> 00:13:55,968 TIME. 415 00:13:55,968 --> 00:13:58,771 TOLD THE TEAM WE HAVE TO GET THE 416 00:13:58,771 --> 00:14:00,272 FINAL IMAGES. 417 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:03,108 >> AND SO, WHAT DID YOU LEARN? 418 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:05,010 >> SO WHAT WE LEFT OUR MARK 419 00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:07,012 ASTROID AND SEEING A PRETTY 420 00:14:07,012 --> 00:14:08,781 LARGE CRATER EXTENSIVE AMOUNTS 421 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:10,583 OF MATERIAL WAS MOBILIZED AND 422 00:14:10,583 --> 00:14:12,384 THEN SO IT REALLY HELPS US 423 00:14:12,384 --> 00:14:13,786 UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE 424 00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:15,588 ASTEROID SURFACE AND GIVES US IN 425 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:17,189 SIGHT INTO WHAT WE MAY BE 426 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:20,793 BRINGING HOME. 427 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:21,493 >> GREAT THANKS. 428 00:14:21,493 --> 00:14:22,695 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 429 00:14:22,695 --> 00:14:23,696 US. 430 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:27,499 WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAD TO THE 431 00:14:27,499 --> 00:14:31,904 MISSION SUPPORT AREA, SO LET'S 432 00:14:31,904 --> 00:14:33,906 GO BACK TO THE LOCKHEED MAR IN 433 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:37,109 TO WATCH OSIRIS-REX DEPART 434 00:14:37,109 --> 00:14:38,611 BENNU. 435 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:39,612 >> THANKS, JOY. 436 00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:41,213 WE'RE JUST ABOUT TWO MINUTES A 437 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:42,715 WAY HERE FROM THE INITIATION OF 438 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:54,426 THE DEPARTURE BURN. 439 00:14:54,426 --> 00:14:55,628 >> JODI IS HERE WITH US NOW. 440 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:56,228 RIGHT NOW. 441 00:14:56,228 --> 00:15:01,367 THINK BURN HAS STARTED. 442 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:02,001 I'M JOINED BY JODI ZARESKI, THE 443 00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:02,568 OSIRIS-REX SYSTEMS LEAD WHO 444 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:03,135 BUILT THE DEPARTURE MANEUVER 445 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:03,402 SEQUENCE. 446 00:15:03,402 --> 00:15:03,969 JODI, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT'S 447 00:15:03,969 --> 00:15:04,603 HAPPENING BEHIND US AT THIS VERY 448 00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:06,071 MOMENT? 449 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:08,140 NOT SURE IF YOU COULD HEAR THAT. 450 00:15:08,140 --> 00:15:09,441 WE HEARD THE ONE MINUTE 451 00:15:09,441 --> 00:15:11,543 COUNTDOWN HAS STARTED TO THE 452 00:15:11,543 --> 00:15:15,047 ENGINE BURN. 453 00:15:15,047 --> 00:15:16,749 JODI ONE QUESTION FOR YOU. 454 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:20,552 SO OSIRIS-REX IS 291. 455 00:15:20,552 --> 00:15:21,754 MILES WAY WHAT THIS IS 456 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,255 COMMUNICATION DELAY LIKE DURING 457 00:15:23,255 --> 00:15:23,856 THAT TIME? 458 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:26,859 SO TODAY'S WAIT TIME IS 15 459 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:28,861 MINUTES AND 56 SECONDS. 460 00:15:28,861 --> 00:15:29,662 GOT YOU. 461 00:15:29,662 --> 00:15:31,864 DID THE TEAM UPLOAD THE COME 462 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:32,564 NOON WE DID. 463 00:15:32,564 --> 00:15:34,066 AL THE PRODUCTS NECESSARY TO 464 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:35,668 EXECUTE TODAY'S MANEUVER WERE 465 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:36,969 SENT THIS PAST PRAY DAY. 466 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:37,870 SUPER EXCITING. 467 00:15:37,870 --> 00:15:41,073 WELL, WE'LL GO AND LISTEN TO THE 468 00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:42,875 ROOM AS WE ARE A FEW MOMENTS 469 00:15:42,875 --> 00:16:13,405 AWAY. 470 00:16:13,405 --> 00:16:15,307 >> WE HARD THE BORN HAS START. 471 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:17,710 >> THAT IS SUPER EXCITING. 472 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,211 SO WHALE WE'RE KIND OF WAITING 473 00:16:19,211 --> 00:16:21,013 FOR THE TEAM WAIT AND WATCHES 474 00:16:21,013 --> 00:16:25,017 THE SPACECRAFT HERE. 475 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,018 CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 476 00:16:26,018 --> 00:16:27,619 ABOUT WHAT THE ROLE IS ON THIS 477 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:36,428 MISSION? 478 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:38,030 >> THAT WAS CONFIRMATION OF THE 479 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:39,431 ENGINE BURN START. 480 00:16:39,431 --> 00:16:40,933 THERE IS A LOT OF EXCITEMENT IN 481 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:41,533 THE ROOM TODAY. 482 00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:43,135 WE ARE SUPER EXCITED FOR THIS 483 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:44,036 MOMENT TO HAPPEN. 484 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:48,540 HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW? 485 00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:49,942 >> AM SO EXCITED. 486 00:16:49,942 --> 00:16:51,643 WE ARE BRINGING THAT SAMPLE 487 00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:52,444 BACK. 488 00:16:52,444 --> 00:16:56,548 >> ABSOLUTELY. 489 00:16:56,548 --> 00:16:57,249 >> YEAH. 490 00:16:57,249 --> 00:16:58,350 >> ALL GOOD NEWS HERE AT 491 00:16:58,350 --> 00:16:59,651 LOCKHEED MARTIN. 492 00:16:59,651 --> 00:17:05,891 >> , I WILL SEN IT BACK TO YOU. 493 00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:06,992 >> THANK YOU, LAUREN. 494 00:17:06,992 --> 00:17:08,961 SO WHILE WE ARE WAITING FOR 495 00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:10,162 COMPLETION OF THE ENGINE BURN 496 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:11,864 AND TAKE A QUICK LOOK AHEAD AT 497 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:14,366 WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN OSIRIS-REX 498 00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:35,487 REACHES EARTH. 499 00:17:35,487 --> 00:17:36,088 AFTER DEPARTING FROM BENNU IN 500 00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:36,655 EARLY 2021, OSIRIS-REX WILL 501 00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:37,389 RETURN TO EARTH IN LATE 2023. 502 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:38,023 FOUR HOURS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL, THE 503 00:17:38,023 --> 00:17:38,590 SPACECRAFT WILL RELEASE THE 504 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:39,158 SAMPLE RETURN CAPSULE, THEN 505 00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:39,758 DEFLECT AWAY FROM EARTH TO ITS 506 00:17:39,758 --> 00:17:40,325 FINAL ORBIT, AS ITS PIECE OF 507 00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:42,194 BENNU COMES HOME. 508 00:17:42,194 --> 00:17:42,728 THE CAPSULE WILL ENTER THE 509 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:43,328 ATMOSPHERE OVER THE NIGHT SIDE 510 00:17:43,328 --> 00:17:43,962 OF EARTH, STREAKING TOWARDS THE 511 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:54,106 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COASTLINE AT 512 00:17:54,106 --> 00:17:58,210 OVER 12-KILOMETERS PER SECOND. 513 00:17:58,210 --> 00:17:58,844 WEST OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE, AT 514 00:17:58,844 --> 00:17:59,478 AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 33 515 00:17:59,478 --> 00:18:00,045 KILOMETERS, THE CAPSULE WILL 516 00:18:00,045 --> 00:18:00,679 INITIATE ITS PARACHUTE SEQUENCE, 517 00:18:00,679 --> 00:18:01,246 STABILIZING AND SLOWING ITS 518 00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:04,349 DESCENT. 519 00:18:04,349 --> 00:18:04,983 UPON LANDING IN THE UTAH DESERT, 520 00:18:04,983 --> 00:18:05,584 THE SAMPLE WILL BE RECOVERED, 521 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:06,118 CAREFULLY REMOVED FROM THE 522 00:18:06,118 --> 00:18:06,652 CAPSULE, AND TAKEN TO THE 523 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:07,286 OSIRIS-REX CURATION FACILITY AT 524 00:18:07,286 --> 00:18:07,886 NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN 525 00:18:07,886 --> 00:18:15,928 HOUSTON, TEXAS. 526 00:18:15,928 --> 00:18:16,562 THIS PRISTINE MATERIAL FROM THE 527 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:17,096 EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM WILL BE 528 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:17,663 STUDIED FOR DECADES TO COME, 529 00:18:17,663 --> 00:18:18,297 PROVIDING CLUES TO THE FORMATION 530 00:18:18,297 --> 00:18:18,931 OF THE PLANETS, TO THE EVOLUTION 531 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:19,565 OF EARTH, AND TO THE INGREDIENTS 532 00:18:19,565 --> 00:18:20,199 THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE ORIGINS 533 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:39,251 OF LIFE. 534 00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:39,852 JOY: WELCOME BACK. MY NAME IS 535 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:40,452 JOY NG, AND I'M TALKING TO YOU 536 00:18:40,452 --> 00:18:41,086 FROM NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT 537 00:18:41,086 --> 00:18:42,054 CENTER IN GREENBELT, MARYLAND. 538 00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:42,588 IF YOU'RE JUST JOINING US, 539 00:18:42,588 --> 00:18:43,088 OSIRIS-REX HAS FIRED ITS 540 00:18:43,088 --> 00:18:43,722 THRUSTERS AND STARTED TO DEPART 541 00:18:43,722 --> 00:18:47,860 ASTEROID BENNU. 542 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:49,862 WE'LL TAKE YOU BACK TO LOCKHEED 543 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:51,663 MARTIN TO WATCH THE DEPARTURE 544 00:18:51,663 --> 00:18:58,871 FROM BENNU. 545 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:00,372 >> THANKS, JOY. 546 00:19:00,372 --> 00:19:04,109 JOINING ME AGAIN IS MIKE FOR 547 00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:05,811 OSIRIS-REX AND WAITING THE 548 00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:07,713 ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 50% COMPLETION 549 00:19:07,713 --> 00:19:09,681 OF THE BURN FOR DEPARTURE. 550 00:19:09,681 --> 00:19:10,682 MIKE, HOW ARE YOU FEELING 551 00:19:10,682 --> 00:19:11,183 ROOTING YOU? 552 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:12,584 >> I AM FEELING REALLY GREAT, 553 00:19:12,584 --> 00:19:12,818 LAUREN. 554 00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:14,086 WE GOT GOOD NEWS. 555 00:19:14,086 --> 00:19:15,687 WE'RE EVENING THE DISPLAYS THE 556 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:16,788 BURNERS EXECUTING. 557 00:19:16,788 --> 00:19:18,290 WE'RE SEEING THESE DOPPLER 558 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:20,192 POINTS PROP GALE ON THE PLOT 559 00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:21,293 WHICH TELLS US WE ARE MAKING 560 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:23,295 PROGRESS TOWARD THE BORN AND A 561 00:19:23,295 --> 00:19:24,696 COUPLE OF MINUTES AWAY FROM THAT 562 00:19:24,696 --> 00:19:25,898 MIDPOINT. 563 00:19:25,898 --> 00:19:27,299 >> WELL, THAT IS JUST FANTASTIC 564 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:28,000 TO HEAR. 565 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,301 SOL WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR A 566 00:19:29,301 --> 00:19:31,503 MIDPOINT, LET ME ASK YOU, DO YOU 567 00:19:31,503 --> 00:19:32,704 THINK THIS IS A MISSION THAT WE 568 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:35,107 COULD HAVE DONE 30 YEARS AGO? 569 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:35,607 >> NO. 570 00:19:35,607 --> 00:19:37,109 NO WAY. 571 00:19:37,109 --> 00:19:39,211 REALLY PUSHING THE ENVELOPE OUR 572 00:19:39,211 --> 00:19:42,214 21st CENTURY NAVIGATION AND 573 00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:43,615 OPERATIONS CAPABILITIES TO FLY 574 00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:46,218 THE MISSION LIKE OSIRIS-REX. 575 00:19:46,218 --> 00:19:47,920 JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, THE 576 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:49,721 NAVIGATION, THE MAPS FOR 577 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:52,124 LANDMARK NAVIGATION WE USED ON 578 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:54,126 THE MISSION REQUIRED EXCHANGING 579 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:56,328 GIGABITS OF DATA AND THESE LARGE 580 00:19:56,328 --> 00:20:00,032 FILES DATING MAPS OF BENNU WHICH 581 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:02,334 CHALLENGED WITH THE COMPUTER 582 00:20:02,334 --> 00:20:02,935 SYSTEM. 583 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:04,136 SO ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 584 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:05,537 COMPLETED 50% OF THE BURN. 585 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:05,938 OKAY. 586 00:20:05,938 --> 00:20:07,139 THAT'S THE CALL YOU WERE LOOKING 587 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:07,639 FOR. 588 00:20:07,639 --> 00:20:09,341 WE ARE HALFWAY DONE WITH THE 589 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:09,841 BURN. 590 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:12,144 WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE 7 591 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:13,545 MINUTE MAIN ENGINE BURN. 592 00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:14,846 THAT IS REALLY GOOD NEWS. 593 00:20:14,846 --> 00:20:15,647 JUST TO FINISH WHAT I WAS 594 00:20:15,647 --> 00:20:16,648 SAYING. 595 00:20:16,648 --> 00:20:18,850 SO, SO THE OTHER EXAMPLE I WAS 596 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:20,953 GOING TO MAKE IS THE NFT SYSTEM 597 00:20:20,953 --> 00:20:22,654 FOR THOSE THAT FOLLOW THE SAMPLE 598 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:24,656 COLLECTION EVENTS WE HAD ONBOARD 599 00:20:24,656 --> 00:20:26,658 SYSTEM CALLED MFT THAT WAS USED 600 00:20:26,658 --> 00:20:28,160 TO NAVIGATE THE SPACECRAFT THAT 601 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:29,761 SURFACE AND LOCKHEED MARTIN THEM 602 00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:32,464 A DEVELOPED AND COMPANY A LOT OF 603 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:33,865 WORK TO GET THAT SOFTWARE WHICH 604 00:20:33,865 --> 00:20:35,968 WAS RUNNING THAT WE NORMALLY DO 605 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:37,469 ON THE GROUND AND OUR COMPUTERS 606 00:20:37,469 --> 00:20:39,071 HERE TO GET THAT TO FIT IN THE 607 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:40,172 CAPABILITY OF THE ONBOARD 608 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:42,174 PROCESSOR ON THE SPACECRAFT. 609 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:44,977 SO THAT IS A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES 610 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,178 BUT MANY THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE 611 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:47,679 WE REALLY HAD TO PUSH THE 612 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:50,082 ENVELOPE OF OUR CAPABILITIES TO 613 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,583 FLY THIS MISSION AND FLY SO 614 00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:54,086 CLOSE TO BEEN N AND TOUCH THE 615 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:54,786 SURFACE. 616 00:20:54,786 --> 00:20:55,687 >> ABSOLUTELY. 617 00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:57,389 SOMETHING LIKE THAT NATURAL 618 00:20:57,389 --> 00:20:58,690 FEATURE TRACKING WHERE YOU ARE 619 00:20:58,690 --> 00:21:00,826 DOING SUCH PROXIMITY OPERATIONS 620 00:21:00,826 --> 00:21:02,127 TO THE OBJECT YOU REALLY NEED 621 00:21:02,127 --> 00:21:04,229 THAT REALLY TIME DATA AND THAT 622 00:21:04,229 --> 00:21:05,731 REAL-TIME ABILITY FOR THE 623 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:07,733 SPACECRAFT TO MANEUVER ITSELF. 624 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:09,801 I WANT TO REFLECT BACK REALLY 625 00:21:09,801 --> 00:21:10,302 BRIEFLY. 626 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:13,105 NEW YEAR'S EVE 2018 THERE IS A 627 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,606 PICTURE OF YOU AND THE WHOLE 628 00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:16,208 TEAM HERE ALL DRESSED UP 629 00:21:16,208 --> 00:21:18,110 UNFORMAL WEAR TO GO TO WORK. 630 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:19,311 WHY DID YOU DO THAT? 631 00:21:19,311 --> 00:21:20,012 >> OK. 632 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:21,813 WELL, WE MENTIONED EARLIER. 633 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:22,714 A GREAT PICTURE. 634 00:21:22,714 --> 00:21:24,616 A GREAT MEMORY FOR THE TEAM AND 635 00:21:24,616 --> 00:21:25,717 MENTIONED EARLIER. 636 00:21:25,717 --> 00:21:27,519 THAT WE HAD THE FIRST INSERTION 637 00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:30,322 INTO ORBIT DECEMBER21st OF 638 00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:34,726 201 AND EVENT THAT WAS BIG SMILE 639 00:21:34,726 --> 00:21:35,827 STONE ON THE PROJECT AND THE 640 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:37,129 FIRST TIME WE HAVE BEEN THAT 641 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:38,930 CLOSE AND WORRIED WE MAY BE 642 00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:40,432 SURPRISED BY SOMETHING NEW AND 643 00:21:40,432 --> 00:21:41,733 FIGURED WE HAD TO DO THIS EVENT 644 00:21:41,733 --> 00:21:43,635 ON NEW YEAR'S EVE WE MIGHT AS 645 00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:44,736 WELL GET DRESSED UP AND 646 00:21:44,736 --> 00:21:46,338 CELEBRATE IN THE PROCESS AND IT 647 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:47,439 WAS A LOT OF FUN THAN PICTURE 648 00:21:47,439 --> 00:21:49,341 ACTUALLY WAS TAKEN ABOUT AN HOUR 649 00:21:49,341 --> 00:21:50,642 AFTER WE FOR INNED WE WERE 650 00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:52,144 SUCCESSFULLY IN ORBIT AND THEN 651 00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:53,145 WE WENT OUTSIDE. 652 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,047 I WAS 10DEGREES AND SNOWING AND 653 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:57,249 THEN WE TOASTED OUR SUCCESS AND 654 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:59,851 WITH SPARKLING APPLE CIDER WHERE 655 00:21:59,851 --> 00:22:02,888 IT HAPPENED TO BE MIDNIGHT AND 656 00:22:02,888 --> 00:22:04,389 ABOUT THAT TIME WHEN WE WENT AND 657 00:22:04,389 --> 00:22:04,890 DID THAT. 658 00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:06,892 SOL THE GREAT MEMORY AND REALLY 659 00:22:06,892 --> 00:22:09,161 JUST EXAMPLE THE TEAM WORKED SO 660 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:10,662 HARD OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS TO 661 00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:12,364 ACCOMPLISH THIS EXPLORATION OF 662 00:22:12,364 --> 00:22:14,466 MENU AND THEN SACRIFICING A LOT 663 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:16,768 AND THEN, THEN, THEY KNEW HOW TO 664 00:22:16,768 --> 00:22:19,071 HAVE FUN TOO IT WAS GREAT TEAM. 665 00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:21,973 SO THAT IS SUCH A COOL AND SURE 666 00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:22,774 NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN SAY 667 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:23,175 THAT. 668 00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:24,776 THAT IS SUPE EXCITING. 669 00:22:24,776 --> 00:22:27,079 SO MIKE ABOUT HOW FAR OUT ARE WE 670 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:28,280 NOW FROM THE COMPLETION OF THE 671 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,283 DEPARTURE BURN AND GETTING CLOSE 672 00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:32,584 NOW I WOULD SAY FROM THE PLOT 673 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,186 WEDS ARE A MACHINE MIN OR MINUTE 674 00:22:34,186 --> 00:22:35,787 AND A HALF FROM THE FINAL 675 00:22:35,787 --> 00:22:36,288 CALL-OUT. 676 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:38,290 SO LET'S LISTEN. 677 00:22:38,290 --> 00:22:40,792 LET'S LISTEN FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. 678 00:22:40,792 --> 00:22:41,793 >> ABSOLUTELY. 679 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:42,994 SO WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A LISTEN 680 00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:44,296 TO THE ROOM NOW AS WE ARE 681 00:22:44,296 --> 00:22:46,298 WAITING FOR OH CYRUS RACKS' 682 00:22:46,298 --> 00:22:48,100 ENGINE BURN TO OFFICIALLY 683 00:22:48,100 --> 00:23:36,848 COMPLETE. 684 00:23:36,848 --> 00:23:38,250 >> WE HAVE NOMINAL BURN AND WE 685 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:41,253 ARE BURNING. 686 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:42,454 WOAH. 687 00:23:42,454 --> 00:23:47,859 [APPLAUSE] 688 00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:49,861 SO EXCITING. 689 00:23:49,861 --> 00:23:51,163 >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW 690 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:52,464 AFTER ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT ON 691 00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:53,465 THIS MISSION? 692 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:55,567 >> WELL, AM VERY, VERY EXCITED. 693 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:57,169 I AM THANKFUL THAT THIS EVENT IS 694 00:23:57,169 --> 00:23:58,670 OVER AND WE ARE DONE MANEUVERS 695 00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:01,106 LIKE THIS MANY, MAN TIME INS SO 696 00:24:01,106 --> 00:24:02,307 WE HAVE OF DENT THAT WOULD GO 697 00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:02,607 WELL. 698 00:24:02,607 --> 00:24:04,109 NOW WE KNOW THE SPACECRAFT 699 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:05,610 COMING HOME HER TO COMBINATION 700 00:24:05,610 --> 00:24:07,212 OF THE HARD WORK. 701 00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:09,281 SO IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO HOOK 702 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,283 HE AND ALSO A LITTLE SAD TO BE 703 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,084 LIVING ARE LEAVING BENNU BUT 704 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:15,086 THAT IS WHAT WE NEED DO TO BRING 705 00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:16,188 THE SAMPLE HOME. 706 00:24:16,188 --> 00:24:16,688 >> ABSOLUTELY. 707 00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:19,791 WELL I AM SUPER LUCKY TO BE 708 00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:20,692 HERE. 709 00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:30,101 KNOW WE GOT PROGRAM MANAGER 710 00:24:30,101 --> 00:24:31,002 SANDY. 711 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:32,304 WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU TO 712 00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:36,908 NOW? 713 00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:38,610 >> WE HAVE SPENT TWO YEARS 714 00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:39,211 GETTING TO KNOW. 715 00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:40,612 THE PRIME GOAL IS TO BRING THE 716 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:41,313 SAMPLE HOME. 717 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:42,013 WE SET OUT. 718 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:43,915 WE DID WHAT BREEZE SPECIAL TO DO 719 00:24:43,915 --> 00:24:46,518 AT BENNU AND GOT THE SAMPLES 720 00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:48,820 AND TIME BRING THEM BACK AND 721 00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:50,922 EXCITE FOR THE NEXT WHAT THE 722 00:24:50,922 --> 00:24:52,624 SCIENTISTS LEARNED ONCE THEY 723 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:54,526 HAVE IN HAND BACK ON EARTH. 724 00:24:54,526 --> 00:24:57,229 >> DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND SWEET 725 00:24:57,229 --> 00:24:57,929 FEELING. 726 00:24:57,929 --> 00:24:59,631 I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW YOU FEEL 727 00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:02,267 AND HOW EXCITED YOU MUST BE. 728 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:03,668 THANKS. 729 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:04,870 THANKS FOR BEING HERE. 730 00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:05,871 CONGRATULATION TO YOU AND MIKE 731 00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:08,173 AND THE ENTIRE OSIRIS-REX 732 00:25:08,173 --> 00:25:09,641 MISSION TALE. 733 00:25:09,641 --> 00:25:12,344 >> WE'LL SEN IT BACK TO YOU FOR 734 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:13,245 SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE OTHER 735 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:21,253 TEAM MEMBERS. 736 00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:33,765 >> THANK YOU. 737 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:34,399 JOINING US NOW IS DR. LORI GLAZE 738 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:35,000 WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF NASA'S 739 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,634 PLANETARY SCIENCE DIVISION FROM 740 00:25:35,634 --> 00:25:35,867 NASA HQ 741 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:42,374 JOY: HELLO LORI, HOW ARE YOU? 742 00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:44,276 >> NICELY DOES AS ALWAYS. 743 00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:44,976 NICELY DONE. 744 00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:45,610 JOY: WHAT HAS NASA LEARNED FROM 745 00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:46,211 OSIRIS-REX'S SUCCESS THAT WILL 746 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:50,982 BE APPLIED IN THE FUTURE? 747 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:52,083 >> SO REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 748 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:54,886 YOU HEARD MIKE SPEAK LITTLE BIT 749 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:56,288 EARLIER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 750 00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:58,189 FOR EXAMPLE THE AUTONOMOUS 751 00:25:58,189 --> 00:25:59,991 OPERATIONS THAT WERE DEMONSTRATE 752 00:25:59,991 --> 00:26:01,226 BY THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 753 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,228 OPERATIONS TEAM THAT WILL HELP 754 00:26:03,228 --> 00:26:05,030 INFORM FUTURE SMALL BODIES 755 00:26:05,030 --> 00:26:06,331 MISSIONS BUT A VARIETY OF OTHER 756 00:26:06,331 --> 00:26:08,333 THINGS WE LEARNED AS WITH. 757 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:09,401 FOR EXAMPLE. 758 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:11,102 YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PLANETARY 759 00:26:11,102 --> 00:26:12,904 MISSIONS TAKE THEIR OBSERVATIONS 760 00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:14,506 FROM A DISTANCE USING REMOTE 761 00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:16,408 SENSING INSTRUMENTS TO HELP US 762 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:17,909 UNDERSTAND THE COMPOSITION OF 763 00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:20,211 THOSE PLANETARIES SURFACES. 764 00:26:20,211 --> 00:26:21,513 BUT IT IS REALLY RARE THAT WE 765 00:26:21,513 --> 00:26:24,115 ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO COLLECT THE 766 00:26:24,115 --> 00:26:25,417 SAMPLE AND BRING IT BACK TO 767 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,218 EARTH THAT WE CAN THEN USE AS 768 00:26:27,218 --> 00:26:28,920 GROUND TRUTH TO HELP US 769 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:30,522 CALIBRATE THOSE REMOTE SENSING 770 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:32,023 OBSERVATIONS. 771 00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:34,326 SO WE HAVE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY 772 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:36,428 HERE TO USE THE SAMPLES THAT WE 773 00:26:36,428 --> 00:26:38,430 COLLECTED OPEN TO US INTERPRET 774 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:40,832 THOSE REMOTE OBSERVATION THEN ON 775 00:26:40,832 --> 00:26:42,434 FUTURE MISSIONS FROM WHERE 776 00:26:42,434 --> 00:26:45,537 TAKING REMOTE OBSERVATION WE ARE 777 00:26:45,537 --> 00:26:47,539 ABLE TO BETTER INTERPRET THOSE 778 00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:50,041 AND BETTER MAKE, MAKE 779 00:26:50,041 --> 00:26:51,142 CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT THE 780 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:52,644 SURFACES OF OTHER BODIES LOOK 781 00:26:52,644 --> 00:26:53,144 LIKE. 782 00:26:53,144 --> 00:26:53,945 WHAT THEY ARE. 783 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:54,512 JOY: WHAT'S NEXT FOR NASA'S 784 00:26:54,512 --> 00:26:55,046 SMALL BODY MISSIONS AFTER 785 00:26:55,046 --> 00:27:01,086 OSIRIS-REX? 786 00:27:01,086 --> 00:27:02,187 >> ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION. 787 00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:04,789 SO SMALL BODIES ARE FASCINATING 788 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,891 AND THERE ARE, OF COURSE, MANY, 789 00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:08,693 MANY SMALL BODIES ACROSS OUR IN 790 00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:09,861 TIRE SOLAR SYSTEM. 791 00:27:09,861 --> 00:27:12,063 AND WE FINALLY FIND THEM IN 792 00:27:12,063 --> 00:27:13,164 DIFFERENT LOCATONS AND THE 793 00:27:13,164 --> 00:27:14,866 ASTEROIDS WE FEND IN ETCH 794 00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:16,768 LOCATION CAN TELL US LITTLE BIT 795 00:27:16,768 --> 00:27:18,770 OR DIFFERENT PARTS OF THAT STORY 796 00:27:18,770 --> 00:27:20,772 HOW THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORMED AND 797 00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:22,674 EVOLVED OVERTIME SO THE NEXT 798 00:27:22,674 --> 00:27:24,776 MISSION WE HAVE READY TO GO THAT 799 00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:26,077 IS GOING TO LAUNCH IN OCTOBER OF 800 00:27:26,077 --> 00:27:28,580 THIS YEAR IS CALLED LUCY. 801 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:30,582 THE LUCY MISSION IS GOING TO GO 802 00:27:30,582 --> 00:27:32,384 TO STUDY FAMILY OF SPECIAL 803 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:34,386 ASTEROIDS THAT ARE TRAPPED IN 804 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:36,087 JUPITER'S ORBIT AND ACTUALLY 805 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:37,789 GOING TO VISIT SEVEN DIFFERENT 806 00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:40,592 ASTEROIDS THAT ARE CALLED TROJAN 807 00:27:40,592 --> 00:27:43,294 ASTEROIDS THEN JUPITER ORBIT TO 808 00:27:43,294 --> 00:27:45,196 HELP US UNDERSTAND THE FORMATION 809 00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:47,298 OF THE GIANT PLANET HOUSE THE 810 00:27:47,298 --> 00:27:48,600 HISTORY UNPACKED THE FORMATION 811 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,404 OF THOSE DIFFERENT ASTEROIDS AND 812 00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:54,406 TROJAN ASTEROIDS FOUND IN THAT 813 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:55,907 ORBIT THEN THE NEXT MISSION 814 00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:57,609 AFTER LUCY, THAT WE'RE GOING TO 815 00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,310 LAUNCH IS CALLED THE DOUBLE 816 00:27:59,310 --> 00:28:01,346 ASTEROID REDIRECTION TASK OR 817 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:01,646 DART. 818 00:28:01,646 --> 00:28:02,947 THAT MISSION IS GOING TO LAUNCH 819 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:04,149 IN NOVEMBER SO JUST A MONTH 820 00:28:04,149 --> 00:28:07,552 AFTER THE LUCY LAUNCH WILL BE 821 00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:08,653 LAUNCHING DART. 822 00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:10,822 DARTS THE FIRST MISSION IN OUR 823 00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:12,824 PLANETARY DEFENSE LINE SIGNED 824 00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:14,526 HAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PURPOSE 825 00:28:14,526 --> 00:28:17,529 TO DEMONSTRATE A NEW CAPABILITY 826 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:20,732 OR A TEST, A TECHNIQUE CALLED 827 00:28:20,732 --> 00:28:22,634 KINEX IMPACT ARE TECHNIQUE 828 00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:23,835 WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW HOW 829 00:28:23,835 --> 00:28:25,937 WELL WE CAN CHANGE THE ORBIT OF 830 00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:28,239 VERY, VERY SMALL ASTEROID BY 831 00:28:28,239 --> 00:28:30,341 IMPACTING THE SPACECRAFT INTO 832 00:28:30,341 --> 00:28:33,645 THE SMALL MOON OF THE ASTEROID 833 00:28:33,645 --> 00:28:36,548 IN THE SMALL MOON AND WE ARE THE 834 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,349 SPACECRAFT IN THERE TO SEE HOW 835 00:28:38,349 --> 00:28:39,551 WELL OR HOW MUCH WE CAN CHANGE 836 00:28:39,551 --> 00:28:41,352 THE ORBIT AROUND THE LARGER 837 00:28:41,352 --> 00:28:42,253 ASTEROID. 838 00:28:42,253 --> 00:28:44,255 THEN WE HAVE A ANOTHER MISSION 839 00:28:44,255 --> 00:28:47,358 COMING UP IN 2022 CALLED PSYCHE 840 00:28:47,358 --> 00:28:48,359 THAT IS GOING TO LAUNCH IN THE 841 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:50,862 SUMMER OF 2022 AND THAT MISSION 842 00:28:50,862 --> 00:28:52,063 IS GOING TO VISIT SPECIAL 843 00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:54,666 ASTEROID CALLED 16 PSYCHE AND 844 00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:58,269 THAT IS APPEARS TO BE METALLIC 845 00:28:58,269 --> 00:28:59,771 ASTEROID AND VERY URN USUAL 846 00:28:59,771 --> 00:29:01,606 ASTEROID THAT COULD POTENTIALLY 847 00:29:01,606 --> 00:29:06,711 BE THE PLANET SO WE'RE EXCITED 848 00:29:06,711 --> 00:29:08,113 ABOUT THAT MISSION AS WELL. 849 00:29:08,113 --> 00:29:10,682 WE ALL SET TO LEARN LOTS OF 850 00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:11,783 GREAT INFORMATIONS ABOUT THE 851 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:13,985 SMALL BODIES THAT INHABIT OUR 852 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:14,686 SOLAR SYSTEM. 853 00:29:14,686 --> 00:29:16,588 >> RIGHT. 854 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,389 >> EXITING FEW YEARS AHEAD OF. 855 00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:19,991 YOU THANKS SO MUCH, LORI. 856 00:29:19,991 --> 00:29:20,692 >> MY PLEASURE. 857 00:29:20,692 --> 00:29:25,897 THANK YOU. 858 00:29:25,897 --> 00:29:30,101 NOW BRING BACK THE INVESTIGATOR. 859 00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:32,203 JOY: SO DANTE, HOW ARE YOU? 860 00:29:32,203 --> 00:29:34,405 >> TALL LAY MILL LOWER EMOTIONAL 861 00:29:34,405 --> 00:29:35,707 NEXT,ED TO BE RIGHT NOW P. WE 862 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:37,208 KNEW THIS MANEUVER WAS COMING UP 863 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:39,110 BUT TO SEE THAT DOPPLER NOT KNOW 864 00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:41,012 THOSE GENS FIRED, IT GIST 865 00:29:41,012 --> 00:29:42,714 AMAZING SENSE OF PRIDE AND 866 00:29:42,714 --> 00:29:43,815 ACCOMPLISHMENT. 867 00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:45,617 I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED FOR 868 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:47,318 WHAT THIS TEAM HAS ACCOMPLISHED 869 00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:49,020 AND MOMENTS LIKE THESE I ALWAYS 870 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:50,221 THINK ABOUT THE SPACECRAFT AND 871 00:29:50,221 --> 00:29:51,623 JUST IMAGINED IT 872 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:53,725 200MILLIONMILES OR MORE AWAY 873 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:55,126 FROM US DOING EVERYTHING THAT 874 00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:56,728 WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO. 875 00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:58,830 TODAY WE ARE ASKING TO FIRE 876 00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:00,832 THOSE NOW MOVING AWAY OVER 877 00:30:00,832 --> 00:30:03,034 600MILES PER HOUR FROM BENNU ON 878 00:30:03,034 --> 00:30:05,136 THE WAY HOME. 879 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:06,938 >> I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU. 880 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:09,841 SO OSIRIS-REX COLLECTED A LOT OF 881 00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:11,442 DATA OVER THE BOOST AND A HALF 882 00:30:11,442 --> 00:30:12,644 YEARS AS THE PRINCIPLE 883 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,045 INVESTIGATOR WHAT ARE YOU MOST 884 00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:16,347 EXCITED ABOUT? 885 00:30:16,347 --> 00:30:19,551 >> IT IS A BULL SAMPLE RETURN. 886 00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:20,852 FOR VERY SPECIAL REASON. 887 00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:22,654 WE BELIEVED FROM OUR 888 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:26,357 ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPIC DATA IT 889 00:30:26,357 --> 00:30:28,159 WAS RICH IN CAR BEEN AND IT 890 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:30,461 CONTAINED ABUNDANT WATER LOCKED 891 00:30:30,461 --> 00:30:33,064 UP INSIDE OF MINERALS CALLED 892 00:30:33,064 --> 00:30:35,166 CLAYS FOR ME THE MOST EXCISING 893 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:36,668 RESULTS WHEN WE GOT THE DATA 894 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:38,369 DOWN AND THEN FIRST WE SAW THIS 895 00:30:38,369 --> 00:30:40,171 CLEAR SIGNATURE OF WATER ALL 896 00:30:40,171 --> 00:30:42,974 OVER THIS SURFACE OF BENNU. 897 00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:44,576 IT IS WET, HYDRATED ROCK THEN A 898 00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:45,977 LITTLE LATER ON IN THE MISSION 899 00:30:45,977 --> 00:30:48,379 WE GOT THE SIGNAL WAS ABUNDANT 900 00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:50,281 CARBON AND EVERYWHERE ON THE 901 00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:50,682 SURFACE. 902 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:54,385 WE PICKED A GREAT SAMPLE SITE 903 00:30:54,385 --> 00:30:57,388 NIGHTINGALE WHICH WILL GIVE US. 904 00:30:57,388 --> 00:30:58,590 SO EVERYTHING I HOPE THIS 905 00:30:58,590 --> 00:30:59,891 MISSION WOULD DELIVER IN TERMS 906 00:30:59,891 --> 00:31:01,726 OF THE SAMPLES BENNU HAS GIVEN 907 00:31:01,726 --> 00:31:02,627 US. 908 00:31:02,627 --> 00:31:03,828 WE HAVE DONE OUR JOB. 909 00:31:03,828 --> 00:31:05,330 WE GOT THE SAMPLE NOW WE FIRED 910 00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:06,731 THE THRUSTERS ON THE WAY HOME 911 00:31:06,731 --> 00:31:08,132 AND IT IS TIME LOOK FORWARD TO 912 00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:15,607 WHAT I CALL THE GROUND GAME. 913 00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:16,241 JOY: MOST OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS 914 00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:16,841 TEAM HAVE BEEN TOGETHER A LONG 915 00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:17,342 TIME AND HAVE PERFORMED 916 00:31:17,342 --> 00:31:17,976 FLAWLESSLY THROUGH THE MISSION. 917 00:31:17,976 --> 00:31:18,443 WHAT MADE THIS TEAM SO 918 00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:27,819 SUCCESSFUL? 919 00:31:27,819 --> 00:31:29,120 >> WELL BUILDING THE TEAM 920 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:29,821 CULTURE. 921 00:31:29,821 --> 00:31:31,522 WE KNEW RIGHT AWAY YOU ARE BRING 922 00:31:31,522 --> 00:31:34,926 PEOPLE FROM INDUSTRY PARTNER A 923 00:31:34,926 --> 00:31:37,028 THEN DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS 924 00:31:37,028 --> 00:31:37,929 DIFFERENT CULTURE AND 925 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:39,931 MOTIVATIONS BUT WE QUICKLY CAME 926 00:31:39,931 --> 00:31:40,632 TOGETHER. 927 00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:43,334 WE WERE NOT LOCKHEED MARTIN AND 928 00:31:43,334 --> 00:31:44,235 NASA. 929 00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:46,638 WE WERE OSIRIS-REX, WE HAD A 930 00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:47,038 MISSION. 931 00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:48,539 A MISSION WAS TO BUILD AMAZING 932 00:31:48,539 --> 00:31:49,741 SPACECRAFT. 933 00:31:49,741 --> 00:31:51,442 LITERALLY DO SOME WORLD RECORD 934 00:31:51,442 --> 00:31:53,845 SETTING AFTER DYNAMIC MANEUVERS 935 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:55,346 AROUND THE ASTRID AND COLLECTED 936 00:31:55,346 --> 00:31:57,148 THE SAMPLE SO THAT COMMON SENSE 937 00:31:57,148 --> 00:31:59,150 OF PURPOSE AND THAT WHAT IS MADE 938 00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:04,789 THIS TEAM WORK SO WELL TOGETHER. 939 00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:05,290 >> THANK YOU, DANTE AND 940 00:32:05,290 --> 00:32:05,890 CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE 941 00:32:05,890 --> 00:32:18,870 WHOLE OSIRIS-REX TEAM 942 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:22,173 SO WELCOME BACK. 943 00:32:22,173 --> 00:32:23,374 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 944 00:32:23,374 --> 00:32:25,476 THE MISSION IS NOT OVER. 945 00:32:25,476 --> 00:32:27,478 IT TERNS A NEW EXCITING PHASE 946 00:32:27,478 --> 00:32:28,880 DELIVERING THE BOUNTY OF 947 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,482 ASTEROID SAMPLES BACK TO EARTH. 948 00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:33,685 WE ARE TALKING TO TWO PEOPLE. 949 00:32:33,685 --> 00:32:44,095 WE HAVE AND JASON FROM MARYLAND. 950 00:32:44,095 --> 00:32:45,897 >> HI NICOLE AND JASON. 951 00:32:45,897 --> 00:32:46,497 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 952 00:32:46,497 --> 00:32:49,000 SO THIS IS EXITING TIME FOR YOU 953 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:55,006 BECAUSE YOU ARE JUST BEGINNING. 954 00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:56,207 >> IT IS A THRILLING TIME. 955 00:32:56,207 --> 00:33:01,946 I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET A 956 00:33:01,946 --> 00:33:03,348 SAMPLE BACK SINCE MY DAUGHTER 957 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:05,850 WAS IN DIAPERS NOW GRADUATING 958 00:33:05,850 --> 00:33:07,251 FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 959 00:33:07,251 --> 00:33:08,953 CANNOT WAIT TO GET THAT SAMPLE 960 00:33:08,953 --> 00:33:12,123 BACK AND SAY OUR GOOD-BYES TO 961 00:33:12,123 --> 00:33:15,026 BENNU. 962 00:33:15,026 --> 00:33:16,627 >> I AM NEW AT THE MISSION AND 963 00:33:16,627 --> 00:33:18,629 JASON, BUT I AM LOOKING FORWARD 964 00:33:18,629 --> 00:33:19,931 TO YEARS OF BEING PART OF THE 965 00:33:19,931 --> 00:33:21,733 TEAM THAT CUR RATE AND TAKES 966 00:33:21,733 --> 00:33:23,234 CARE OF THE SAMPLE ONCE IT 967 00:33:23,234 --> 00:33:24,936 RETURNS TO EARTH. 968 00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:27,939 >> SO NICOLE, CAN YOU LOOK 969 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,140 THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE 970 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:31,242 SAMPLES ARE RECOVERED HOW DOS 971 00:33:31,242 --> 00:33:34,145 THE SAMPLE GET SECURED THE LAB 972 00:33:34,145 --> 00:33:36,347 AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER? 973 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:37,949 >> WELL, SO AFTER THE SAMPLE 974 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:39,951 RETURN CAPSULES RECOVERED WE 975 00:33:39,951 --> 00:33:42,353 TALKING TO A PORTABLE CLEAN LAB 976 00:33:42,353 --> 00:33:43,955 WHERE IT SETS UP IN UTAH FOR 977 00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:47,358 PRELIMINARY DISASSEMBLY WHERE 978 00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:48,659 PART OF THE SAMPLE RETURN 979 00:33:48,659 --> 00:33:51,262 CAPSULE CONTAINS THE BEEN KNEW 980 00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:53,264 MATERIAL AND PACKAGED KNOWN 981 00:33:53,264 --> 00:33:55,666 TRAVEL BOX THAT WILL KEEP IT IN 982 00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:57,969 NITROGEN ATMOSPHERE TO PROTECT 983 00:33:57,969 --> 00:33:59,771 IT FROM EARTH THAT WILL BE FLOWN 984 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:01,506 ON LEAN IN OUR LAB AT JOHNSON 985 00:34:01,506 --> 00:34:03,508 SPACE CENTER THAT WE ARE 986 00:34:03,508 --> 00:34:05,610 BUILDING AND THEN CAREFULLY 987 00:34:05,610 --> 00:34:07,612 DOCUMENTATION AND BUILDINGS OF 988 00:34:07,612 --> 00:34:08,913 IT AS WELL AS CHOOSING MATERIALS 989 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:12,283 TO LIMIT VERY MUCH WHAT THE 990 00:34:12,283 --> 00:34:13,584 MATERIAL WILL BE EXPORT ARE 991 00:34:13,584 --> 00:34:15,787 POSED TO PROTECT IT. 992 00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:17,388 >> THAT IS QUITE THE JOURNEY. 993 00:34:17,388 --> 00:34:19,390 SO THEN CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE 994 00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:22,093 BIT ABOUT HOW AS YOU IN THIS HE 995 00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:23,995 TEAM WILL KEEP THE SAMPLE IN 996 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:25,596 PRISTINE CONDITION? 997 00:34:25,596 --> 00:34:25,897 >> RIGHT. 998 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:28,900 SO AS HI COAL WAS SAYING WE HAVE 999 00:34:28,900 --> 00:34:30,501 A ALMOST MID NUMBER OF MATERIALS 1000 00:34:30,501 --> 00:34:32,503 THAT SAMPLE CAN BE EXPOSED TO 1001 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:34,005 AND PLANNED OUT WELL BEFORE WE 1002 00:34:34,005 --> 00:34:35,606 STARTED BUILDING A SPACECRAFT. 1003 00:34:35,606 --> 00:34:37,608 SO VERY, VERY EARLY DAYS WE CAME 1004 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:39,710 UP WITH STRATEGIES TO KEEP THE 1005 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,712 SAMPLE CLEAN AND THEN TO 1006 00:34:41,712 --> 00:34:45,016 DOCUMENT BOTH IN PAPER BUT ALSO 1007 00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:46,818 IN CHEMICAL DOCUMENTATION OF 1008 00:34:46,818 --> 00:34:48,719 WHAT IS THE SAMPLE HAS BEEN 1009 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:50,521 EXPOSED TO AND COMES BACK WE CAN 1010 00:34:50,521 --> 00:34:57,929 COMPARE THE WITNESSES OF THE 1011 00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,330 SAMPLE OF WHAT WE GET BACK AND 1012 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:02,767 UNDERSTANDED WHAT THE SAMPLE 1013 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,570 TELLS BUS THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 1014 00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:07,472 >> JASON, YOU HAD A LONG CAREER 1015 00:35:07,472 --> 00:35:08,773 ANALYZING SAMPLES. 1016 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:10,741 EXCITES YOU MOST ABOUT RECEIVING 1017 00:35:10,741 --> 00:35:15,746 THIS SAMPLE? 1018 00:35:15,746 --> 00:35:22,854 A SO AM INTERESTED IN AMONG 15 1019 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:24,055 TESTING LOOKING AT THINGS 1020 00:35:24,055 --> 00:35:25,556 INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIC 1021 00:35:25,556 --> 00:35:27,258 COMPOUNDS THAT LEAD TO LIFE LIKE 1022 00:35:27,258 --> 00:35:28,860 THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAN AND THOSE 1023 00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:31,362 SORT OF THINGS IN THE SAMPLE. 1024 00:35:31,362 --> 00:35:33,564 BUT THE PART THAT EXCITES ME THE 1025 00:35:33,564 --> 00:35:36,067 MOST THAT IS 75% OF THE SAMPLE 1026 00:35:36,067 --> 00:35:38,369 WE BRING BACK IS FUTURE 1027 00:35:38,369 --> 00:35:40,471 GENERATIONS SO SCIENTIST PERHAPS 1028 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:44,375 NOT EVEN BORN YET WILL USE 1029 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:45,776 TECHNIQUES WE CAN NOT YOU MAN 1030 00:35:45,776 --> 00:35:47,178 GIN TO ASK QUESTIONS WE DON'T 1031 00:35:47,178 --> 00:35:49,580 KNOW HOW TO PHRASE YET SO A 1032 00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:51,782 DECADES LONG LEGACY THAT 1033 00:35:51,782 --> 00:35:54,185 OSIRIS-REX BRINGS TO THE SCIENCE 1034 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:57,088 TO STUDY. 1035 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:58,589 >> I AM SO THRILLED FOUR BOTH. 1036 00:35:58,589 --> 00:36:00,391 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US 1037 00:36:00,391 --> 00:36:03,227 HUGE CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. 1038 00:36:03,227 --> 00:36:05,029 SO THERE WE HAVE IT. 1039 00:36:05,029 --> 00:36:07,632 OSIRIS-REX HAS OFFICIALLY LEFT 1040 00:36:07,632 --> 00:36:09,233 BENNU AND CRUCIAL HOME. 1041 00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:12,403 YOU CAN KEEP UP-TO-DATE BY 1042 00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:14,505 FOLLOWING NASA SOLAR SYSTEM ON 1043 00:36:14,505 --> 00:36:16,107 TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM 1044 00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:18,209 BY FOLLOWING THIS HASHTAG TO 1045 00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:19,310 BENNU AND BACK. 1046 00:36:19,310 --> 00:36:21,913 NOW ABOUT TO CLOSE THE SHOW WITH 1047 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:23,514 A LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST 1048 00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:24,615 MOMENTS. 1049 00:36:24,615 --> 00:36:25,716 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 1050 00:36:25,716 --> 00:36:33,324 US. 1051 00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:33,958 IN OCTOBER 2020, THE SPACECRAFT 1052 00:36:33,958 --> 00:36:34,492 VENTURED TO BENNU'S RUGGED 1053 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:35,126 SURFACE AND GRABBED A SAMPLE OF 1054 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:35,760 THE ASTEROID THAT IT WILL RETURN 1055 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:45,436 TO EARTH IN 2023. 1056 00:36:45,436 --> 00:36:45,836 ♪ 1057 00:36:45,836 --> 00:36:46,237 ♪ 1058 00:36:46,237 --> 00:36:46,837 ♪ 1059 00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:49,941 ♪ 1060 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:50,074 ♪ 1061 00:36:50,074 --> 00:36:52,944 >> COPY ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO FOR 1062 00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:58,749 TAG. 1063 00:36:58,749 --> 00:37:01,686 0.5METERS. 1064 00:37:01,686 --> 00:37:05,189 1.7METERS. 1065 00:37:05,189 --> 00:37:06,691 ARE PROBABILITY IS 0%. 1066 00:37:06,691 --> 00:37:09,460 ♪ OSIRIS-REX'S SAMPLING 1067 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:12,163 MECHANISM PENETRATED BENNU AND 1068 00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:14,865 FIRED THE NITROGEN GAS BOTTLE 1069 00:37:14,865 --> 00:37:19,370 FOR CO THEN, HEAD. 1070 00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:21,572 AT 6:08:00P.M. EASTERN THE TEAM 1071 00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:23,374 ON EARTH RECEIVED CONFIRMATION 1072 00:37:23,374 --> 00:37:32,283 OF THE SUCCESSFUL TOUCHDOWN. 1073 00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:34,085 >> THE HAZE A MAP IS GO FOR TAG. 1074 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:35,086 WE HAVE SUBSTANCE. 1075 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:45,796 [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING] 1076 00:37:45,796 --> 00:37:48,099 AFTER SPENDING APPROXIMATELY SIX 1077 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,601 SECONDS A THE SURFACE OSIRIS-REX 1078 00:37:50,601 --> 00:37:52,303 FIRED THE THRUSTERS AND BACKED 1079 00:37:52,303 --> 00:37:57,408 AWAY FROM SAMPLE SITES. 1080 00:37:57,408 --> 00:37:59,210 MAJORS TAKE AND FEW DAYS LATER 1081 00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:01,712 BY THE CRAM SHOWED ROCKS AND 1082 00:38:01,712 --> 00:38:04,348 DUST ESCAPING THE SAMPLEHEAD. 1083 00:38:04,348 --> 00:38:05,449 THE TEAM COLLECTED SUFFICIENT 1084 00:38:05,449 --> 00:38:07,752 SAMPLE AND DECIDED TO STEAL THE 1085 00:38:07,752 --> 00:38:10,221 TAG SAMPLE HOST PRESERVE THE 1086 00:38:10,221 --> 00:38:13,024 REMAINING MATERIAL. 1087 00:38:13,024 --> 00:38:14,825 THE SPACECRAFT MADE OF ONE MORE 1088 00:38:14,825 --> 00:38:17,028 FLYOVER OF BENNU AND SAW HOW BIG 1089 00:38:17,028 --> 00:38:18,429 OF A MARK IT LEFT ON THE 1090 00:38:18,429 --> 00:38:21,332 ASTEROID'S SURFACE IT SENT BIRDS 1091 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:24,235 FLYING ACROSS THE SURFACE. 1092 00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:26,037 OSIRIS-REX COMPLETE THE LAST 1093 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:28,339 FLYOVER OF BENNU AROUND 6:00 1094 00:38:28,339 --> 00:38:30,841 A.M. EASTERN ON APRIL7th, 1095 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:34,145 202 AND BEGAN DRIFTING AWAY ARE 1096 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:38,649 THE ASTEROIDS. 1097 00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:41,152 >> ON MAY10th, 2021, 1098 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,654 OSIRIS-REX BEGAN THE TWO-YEAR 1099 00:38:43,654 --> 00:38:58,169 CRUISE BACK HOME TO EARTH. 1100 00:38:58,169 --> 00:39:01,072 AS OSIRIS-REX APPROACHES EARTH 1101 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,607 IT WILL JETTISON THAT DINES 1102 00:39:03,607 --> 00:39:06,610 PIECES ASTROID BENNU. 1103 00:39:06,610 --> 00:39:08,012 THE FRC WILL TRAVEL THROUGH THE 1104 00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:09,880 EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND LAND 1105 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,683 UNDER PARACHUTES AT THE TEST AND 1106 00:39:12,683 --> 00:39:14,885 TRAINING ON SEPTEMBER24th, 1107 00:39:14,885 --> 00:39:23,994 2023. 1108 00:39:23,994 --> 00:39:25,296 ONCE RECOVERED THE CAPSULE WILL 1109 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:27,398 BE TRANSPORTED TO NASA'S SPACE 1110 00:39:27,398 --> 00:39:29,100 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WHERE IT 1111 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,102 WILL BE MOVED TO LABORATORIES 1112 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:33,104 WORLDWIDE AND ENABLING TO STUDY 1113 00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:34,805 THE FORMATION OF THE SOLAR 1114 00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:37,108 SYSTEM AND EARTH AS HABITABLE 1115 00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:43,914 PLANET. 1116 00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:46,117 IN DECEMBER2019, AFTER 1117 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:48,519 TRAVELING FOR TWO YEARS, 101 1118 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:51,322 DAY, EVERY 1.2BILLIONMILES, 1119 00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:53,424 NASA'S OSIRIS-REX SPACECRAFT 1120 00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:55,025 ARRIVED AT THE TARGET NEAR 1121 00:39:55,025 --> 00:39:56,927 EARTH'S ASTEROID BENNU. 1122 00:39:56,927 --> 00:39:59,029 OSIRIS-REX IS THE FIRST MISSION 1123 00:39:59,029 --> 00:40:01,532 TO EXPLORE THE PRIMITIVE REMNANT 1124 00:40:01,532 --> 00:40:03,534 FROM THE ORIGINS OF THE SOLAR 1125 00:40:03,534 --> 00:40:04,435 SYSTEM DESIGNED TO STUD DID YOU 1126 00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:05,836 THE ASTEROID AND RETURN A SAMPLE 1127 00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:09,440 HOST EARTH. 1128 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,942 BENNU WAS DARK WORLD ROUGHLY THE 1129 00:40:11,942 --> 00:40:13,744 HEIGHT OF A SKYSCRAPER HOW THE 1130 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:16,247 SMALLEST BODY TO BE ORBIT 1131 00:40:16,247 --> 00:40:19,350 SPACECRAFT WAS KNOWN TO HAVE LOW 1132 00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:24,355 THERMAL LIKE AND INFRARED 1133 00:40:24,355 --> 00:40:28,859 SPECTROMETER ON OSIRIS-REX 1134 00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:30,361 CONFIRMED THIS PROPERTY LEADING 1135 00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:32,563 JOIN INS TO EXPECT A SMOOTH 1136 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:33,864 SURFACE THE BUT THE FIRST 1137 00:40:33,864 --> 00:40:35,366 CLOSE-UP VIEWS OF BONE KNEW 1138 00:40:35,366 --> 00:40:37,568 DELIVERED A MAJOR SURPRISE. 1139 00:40:37,568 --> 00:40:40,471 IN EX DETAIL THE MISSION'S 1140 00:40:40,471 --> 00:40:43,974 CAMERAS ROCK SCAPE DOMINATE BY 1141 00:40:43,974 --> 00:40:45,876 BOULDERS BY COMBINING THESE FROM 1142 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:49,280 OSIRIS-REX WITH THE LASER DATA 1143 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,282 WE CAN TAKE A TOUR OF BENNU'S 1144 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:52,683 REMARKABLE TERRAIN. 1145 00:40:52,683 --> 00:40:56,287 THE FIRST STOP IS THE PROMINENT 1146 00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:58,289 BOULDER DEFINES THE ASTEROIDS 1147 00:40:58,289 --> 00:41:00,791 PRIME MERIDIAN AND SERVES AS THE 1148 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:03,327 BASIS OF THE COORDINATE SYSTEM. 1149 00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:06,730 IN PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY IT IS LARGE 1150 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:08,332 BIRD AND THE PROCESSOR OF ALL 1151 00:41:08,332 --> 00:41:10,201 KNOWLEDGE. 1152 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:11,602 IT IS LATIN FOR STONE. 1153 00:41:11,602 --> 00:41:13,504 TO THE NORTHEAST, LIES THE 1154 00:41:13,504 --> 00:41:16,407 LARGEST BOULDER ON BENNU 1155 00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:18,709 MEASURING OVER 300FEET IN 1156 00:41:18,709 --> 00:41:20,411 LENGTH IT IS A LONGER THAN 1157 00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:21,712 FOOTBALL FIELD. 1158 00:41:21,712 --> 00:41:23,914 IT IS ALSO RICH IN THE TYPE OF 1159 00:41:23,914 --> 00:41:30,521 IRON OXIDE CALLED EARLY FORM OF 1160 00:41:30,521 --> 00:41:33,624 MAGNETIC COME POS IN FOLKLORE 1161 00:41:33,624 --> 00:41:35,826 THE ROCK IS ENORMOUS BIRD OF 1162 00:41:35,826 --> 00:41:38,929 PREY THAT CAN CLASP ELEPHANTS 1163 00:41:38,929 --> 00:41:41,532 LOOK THE HERO, SINBAD. 1164 00:41:41,532 --> 00:41:42,233 ♪ 1165 00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:44,034 ♪ CONTINUING NORTHEAST, OVER THE 1166 00:41:44,034 --> 00:41:46,036 EQUATORIAL RIDGE WE ARRIVE AT 1167 00:41:46,036 --> 00:41:47,938 THE SAXON. 1168 00:41:47,938 --> 00:41:49,640 THIS STRIKE BOULDER IS AMONG THE 1169 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,041 DEAL, ON BENNU. 1170 00:41:51,041 --> 00:41:52,643 ALTHOUGH IT CLUTCHES MUCH 1171 00:41:52,643 --> 00:41:54,245 BRIGHTER BROCK THE SIZE OF A 1172 00:41:54,245 --> 00:41:56,046 PERCENT. 1173 00:41:56,046 --> 00:41:59,850 IN MEDIEVAL LEGEND GARGOYLES ARE 1174 00:41:59,850 --> 00:42:02,887 DRAGON-LIKE WINGED THAT CAN 1175 00:42:02,887 --> 00:42:04,889 BREATH FIRE AND GUARD FROM EVIL 1176 00:42:04,889 --> 00:42:07,691 SPIRIT THE NEXT DESTINATION 1177 00:42:07,691 --> 00:42:09,593 TAKES US FAR THOUGH EAST AT THE 1178 00:42:09,593 --> 00:42:11,462 NORTHERN END OF A SMALL CRATER 1179 00:42:11,462 --> 00:42:13,964 LIES A COMPARATIVELY BRIGHT 1180 00:42:13,964 --> 00:42:15,966 BOULDER MEASURING 33FEET IN 1181 00:42:15,966 --> 00:42:18,469 DIAMETER. 1182 00:42:18,469 --> 00:42:20,271 LOCATED NEAR ONE OF THREE SITES 1183 00:42:20,271 --> 00:42:22,473 WHERE BENNU EJECTED SMALL 1184 00:42:22,473 --> 00:42:24,074 PARTICLES INTO SPACE IN EARLY 1185 00:42:24,074 --> 00:42:26,677 2019 DISPLAYING THE EVOLVING 1186 00:42:26,677 --> 00:42:27,578 NATURE. 1187 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:30,281 IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, IT IS ONE OF 1188 00:42:30,281 --> 00:42:33,183 THE THREE HALF BIRD 1189 00:42:33,183 --> 00:42:34,885 PERSONIFICATIONS CAN OF STORM 1190 00:42:34,885 --> 00:42:37,888 WINDS WHO CARRIED EVIL DOERS 1191 00:42:37,888 --> 00:42:43,093 AWAY FROM THE EARTH. 1192 00:42:43,093 --> 00:42:44,695 IN THE CREATION STORIES OF 1193 00:42:44,695 --> 00:42:47,798 ANCIENT EGYPT THE UNIVERSE BEGAN 1194 00:42:47,798 --> 00:42:50,200 AS ENDLESS EXPANDS OF WATER FROM 1195 00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:54,104 THE SEA, ACROSS THE MOUNT BENNU 1196 00:42:54,104 --> 00:42:55,706 AND IT WAS UPON THIS ROCK THAT 1197 00:42:55,706 --> 00:42:58,208 THE GOD SETTLED ON THE FORM OF 1198 00:42:58,208 --> 00:43:00,311 THE BENNU BIRD AND SENT FORTH 1199 00:43:00,311 --> 00:43:02,646 THE CALL TO SHAPE CREATION. 1200 00:43:02,646 --> 00:43:04,848 THE STORY OF BEN BEN HARKENS TO 1201 00:43:04,848 --> 00:43:07,251 THE MOUNDS OF FERTILE THAT ONCE 1202 00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:10,321 REMOVED FROM THE RECEDING FLOOD 1203 00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:11,922 WATT OTHERS OF THE NILE AND 1204 00:43:11,922 --> 00:43:13,724 PROVIDES A FITTING NAMESAKE 1205 00:43:13,724 --> 00:43:15,426 ANOTHER TALLEST ON BENNU. 1206 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:17,828 PROTRUDING OVER 70FEET BEN BEN 1207 00:43:17,828 --> 00:43:20,431 SAXON IS SO TALL IT WAS FIRST 1208 00:43:20,431 --> 00:43:21,832 DEKED FROM EARTH NOW WE CAN 1209 00:43:21,832 --> 00:43:23,334 APPRECIATE THE MONUMENTAL 1210 00:43:23,334 --> 00:43:26,236 FEATURE IN DETAIL USING DATA TAT 1211 00:43:26,236 --> 00:43:34,945 FROM OSIRIS-REX. 1212 00:43:34,945 --> 00:43:36,046 SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN 1213 00:43:36,046 --> 00:43:37,047 HEMISPHERE AND BEAR THE 1214 00:43:37,047 --> 00:43:39,550 FINGERPRINT OF A MINERAL FOUND 1215 00:43:39,550 --> 00:43:42,653 IN ROCK THAT IS UNLIKELY TO BE 1216 00:43:42,653 --> 00:43:44,855 ON BENNU THESE BOULDERS MOST 1217 00:43:44,855 --> 00:43:46,757 LIKELY ORIGINATE ON THE LARGE 1218 00:43:46,757 --> 00:43:48,859 ASTEROID AND WERE DELIVERED TO 1219 00:43:48,859 --> 00:43:53,464 THE PARENT BODY THROUGH IMPACTS. 1220 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:55,165 ALTHOUGH IT IS SMALLS IN SIZE, 1221 00:43:55,165 --> 00:43:57,668 ASTEROID BENNU IS PROVED TO BE A 1222 00:43:57,668 --> 00:43:59,870 FASCINATING WORLD ABUNDANT 1223 00:43:59,870 --> 00:44:02,106 GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES THAT DEFIED 1224 00:44:02,106 --> 00:44:03,907 OUR EXPECTATIONS THANKS TO 1225 00:44:03,907 --> 00:44:06,310 OSIRIS-REX WE CAN EXPLORE BENNU 1226 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:09,313 TO UNCOVER THE COMPETITION, ITS 1227 00:44:09,313 --> 00:44:10,781 EVOLUTION AND THE ANCIENT 1228 00:44:10,781 --> 00:44:12,783 MEMORIES ARE THE ORIGINS OF THE 1229 00:44:12,783 --> 00:44:32,603 SOL SOLAR SYSTEM. 1230 00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:33,003 ♪ 1231 00:44:33,003 --> 00:44:33,504 ♪ 1232 00:44:33,504 --> 00:44:39,810 ♪ 1233 00:44:39,810 --> 00:44:41,412 ♪ IT LOOKED LIKE WE THOUGHT IT 1234 00:44:41,412 --> 00:44:43,714 WOULD WITH A FEW BOULDERS STICK 1235 00:44:43,714 --> 00:44:45,816 OUT. 1236 00:44:45,816 --> 00:44:48,018 SURFACE WITH A FEW BOULDERS HER 1237 00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:50,020 THAT WHEN WE SAW IS VERY LITTLE 1238 00:44:50,020 --> 00:44:50,521 SAND. 1239 00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:51,922 WE SAW THESE MOUNTAIN. 1240 00:44:51,922 --> 00:44:56,627 WE SAW BOULDERS AND ROCK AND 1241 00:44:56,627 --> 00:44:59,430 VERY FEW AREAS THAT HAD SURFACE 1242 00:44:59,430 --> 00:45:07,871 WHAT WE DESIGNED TO. 1243 00:45:07,871 --> 00:45:09,373 WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. 1244 00:45:09,373 --> 00:45:10,741 WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO COLLECT 1245 00:45:10,741 --> 00:45:12,042 THE SAMPLE TO BRING IT BACK DOWN 1246 00:45:12,042 --> 00:45:14,144 TO EARTH FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION 1247 00:45:14,144 --> 00:45:15,746 BY SCIENTISTS IN ORDER TO 1248 00:45:15,746 --> 00:45:17,347 ACHIEVE OBJECTIVE. 1249 00:45:17,347 --> 00:45:19,349 THE OSIRIS-REX SPACECRAFT HAS 1250 00:45:19,349 --> 00:45:21,151 BEEN NAVIGATING FOR THE LAST TWO 1251 00:45:21,151 --> 00:45:22,853 YEARS STUDYING IT IN GREAT 1252 00:45:22,853 --> 00:45:24,955 DETAIL AND ALSO, OVERCOMING A 1253 00:45:24,955 --> 00:45:27,257 NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THAT BENNU 1254 00:45:27,257 --> 00:45:29,660 HAS PRESENTED LOOKING FOR 1255 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:32,563 LOCATION ON BENNU WERE 50METERS 1256 00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:34,064 IN DIAMETER AND RELATIVELY NOT 1257 00:45:34,064 --> 00:45:35,966 AND COVERED WITH FIND GRAIN 1258 00:45:35,966 --> 00:45:36,667 MATERIAL. 1259 00:45:36,667 --> 00:45:39,369 BY FIND GRAIN MATERIAL I MEAN A 1260 00:45:39,369 --> 00:45:40,170 DIME OR SMALLER. 1261 00:45:40,170 --> 00:45:42,172 WE REAL SIZED NO SITES ON BEEN 1262 00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:44,174 KNEW THAT CAME CLOSE TO MEETING 1263 00:45:44,174 --> 00:45:45,375 THIS CRITERIA. 1264 00:45:45,375 --> 00:45:46,877 EVERYWHERE WE LOOKED WAS TOO 1265 00:45:46,877 --> 00:45:48,479 SMALL AND COVERED SO WE HAD TO 1266 00:45:48,479 --> 00:45:50,481 FLY A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL OVER 1267 00:45:50,481 --> 00:45:52,182 THE ASTEROIDS AND RETHINK OUR 1268 00:45:52,182 --> 00:45:54,284 ENTIRE PLAN FOR GRABBING THE 1269 00:45:54,284 --> 00:45:57,688 SAMPLE. 1270 00:45:57,688 --> 00:45:59,990 AFTER OBSERVATIONS OF BENNU WE 1271 00:45:59,990 --> 00:46:02,092 HAD TO DOWN SELECT THE FORESIGHT 1272 00:46:02,092 --> 00:46:04,027 AND GO BACK TO SURVEY IF YOU ARE 1273 00:46:04,027 --> 00:46:05,529 HER TO SEE LOOK THE FINAL PRIME 1274 00:46:05,529 --> 00:46:07,231 A SAMPLE SITE. 1275 00:46:07,231 --> 00:46:10,300 THE FIRST IMPRESSION IS 1276 00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:13,003 NIGHTINGALE US THE LAST PLACE 1277 00:46:13,003 --> 00:46:13,704 WANTED TO GO. 1278 00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:16,106 WE SAW ONE, ONE OF THE MOST 1279 00:46:16,106 --> 00:46:18,709 SAMPLE SITES AND, TO, WE WERE 1280 00:46:18,709 --> 00:46:19,910 OVER PERFORMING IN THE 1281 00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:21,411 NAVIGATION CAPPING IN OUR 1282 00:46:21,411 --> 00:46:23,213 ABILITY TO CONTACT. 1283 00:46:23,213 --> 00:46:24,515 NATURAL FEATURE TRACKING WORKS A 1284 00:46:24,515 --> 00:46:25,916 LOT LOOK THE HUMAN MIND AND THAT 1285 00:46:25,916 --> 00:46:27,518 WE PICK UP LANDMARK ALONG THE 1286 00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:29,620 WAY AS WE DESCEND WE LOOK AT 1287 00:46:29,620 --> 00:46:30,921 FEATURES ON THE GROUND AND 1288 00:46:30,921 --> 00:46:32,422 PROGRAM THE COMPUTER TO 1289 00:46:32,422 --> 00:46:33,824 RECOGNIZE CERTAIN FEATURES AND 1290 00:46:33,824 --> 00:46:34,424 TAKES A PICTURE. 1291 00:46:34,424 --> 00:46:36,727 THIS FEATURE IS NOT WHERE PICKED 1292 00:46:36,727 --> 00:46:38,328 IT TO BE AND TOUGH THE SIDE AND 1293 00:46:38,328 --> 00:46:40,130 UPDATES THE POSITION BASED ON 1294 00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:41,231 WHERE IT IS POINTED AND WHERE 1295 00:46:41,231 --> 00:46:43,233 THAT FEATURE SHOWS UP IN THE 1296 00:46:43,233 --> 00:46:45,536 POSITION. 1297 00:46:45,536 --> 00:46:52,843 >> THE EVENT IS OUR BENNU WE 1298 00:46:52,843 --> 00:46:54,244 START WITH A SERIES OF MANEUVERS 1299 00:46:54,244 --> 00:46:55,746 ONE OF THEM BEING THE CHECKPOINT 1300 00:46:55,746 --> 00:46:57,247 BURN WHICH IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY 1301 00:46:57,247 --> 00:46:59,249 CHECK OUR POSITION VELOCITY IN 1302 00:46:59,249 --> 00:47:03,387 RELATION TO THE SAMPLE SITES 1303 00:47:03,387 --> 00:47:06,890 THEN THE MATCH POINT BURN WILL 1304 00:47:06,890 --> 00:47:08,392 BE RELIVE TO THE SURFACE SAN TEN 1305 00:47:08,392 --> 00:47:09,893 MINUTES AFTER THIS WE MADE 1306 00:47:09,893 --> 00:47:12,563 CONTACT WITH THE TAG AND FIRE 1307 00:47:12,563 --> 00:47:14,464 THEN BACK AWAY THEN WE HOPE TO 1308 00:47:14,464 --> 00:47:18,168 GET AT LEAST 60-GRAMS THIS THEN 1309 00:47:18,168 --> 00:47:19,269 ABLE TO STORE THAT AND BRING 1310 00:47:19,269 --> 00:47:21,672 BACK DOWN EARTH AND SEVERAL 1311 00:47:21,672 --> 00:47:25,576 THINGS WE COULD GO WRONG IN ON 1312 00:47:25,576 --> 00:47:26,677 THE FIRST TRY. 1313 00:47:26,677 --> 00:47:29,780 WE DON'T ONLY GET ONE SHOT WE 1314 00:47:29,780 --> 00:47:34,284 HAVE THREE BOLTS ONBOARD SO DO 1315 00:47:34,284 --> 00:47:38,689 THREE ATTEMPTS IF NEEDED WE GO 1316 00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:40,791 THROUGH SEVERAL. 1317 00:47:40,791 --> 00:47:42,793 AND SO WE HAD TO LOOK ALL AROUND 1318 00:47:42,793 --> 00:47:44,494 THE SURFACE AND IDENTIFY THE 1319 00:47:44,494 --> 00:47:46,496 ROCKS AND BOULDERS IF THE 1320 00:47:46,496 --> 00:47:48,599 SPACECRAFT WERE TO TIP OVER UP 1321 00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:50,901 25DEGREES AND COME INTO CONTACT 1322 00:47:50,901 --> 00:47:52,603 TO BE DAMAGED WE HAD TO DEVELOP 1323 00:47:52,603 --> 00:47:55,005 AL HAZARD MAP WE PROGRAM IN AND 1324 00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:58,809 IF YOU ARE GETTING TOO CLOSE WE 1325 00:47:58,809 --> 00:48:00,811 BACK AWAY FROM THE AND COME BACK 1326 00:48:00,811 --> 00:48:02,212 TO DO THIS ANOTHER DAY. 1327 00:48:02,212 --> 00:48:03,647 EVERYTHING MAY WORK PERFECTLY. 1328 00:48:03,647 --> 00:48:05,048 WE COME DOWN WE TOP OF THE 1329 00:48:05,048 --> 00:48:06,650 SURFACE WHERE WE WANT TO. 1330 00:48:06,650 --> 00:48:08,852 WE FIRE THE GAS BOTTLE BUT AREA 1331 00:48:08,852 --> 00:48:12,422 WE CONTACT IS COVERED IN LARGE 1332 00:48:12,422 --> 00:48:12,923 ROCK. 1333 00:48:12,923 --> 00:48:16,727 SO THOSE ROCKS WOULD FIND GRAIN 1334 00:48:16,727 --> 00:48:18,328 MATERIAL FROM BEING STIRRED UP 1335 00:48:18,328 --> 00:48:19,930 AND CAPTURED IN THE FLAG. 1336 00:48:19,930 --> 00:48:24,334 SO NEAR SIMILAR SCENARIO AND 1337 00:48:24,334 --> 00:48:26,036 BECOME TIPPED UP AND IN THAT 1338 00:48:26,036 --> 00:48:28,739 CASE THE GAS BOLT FIRE MUCH OF 1339 00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:30,741 THAT ESCAPES OUT THE SIDE AND 1340 00:48:30,741 --> 00:48:32,042 NOT TURNING UP THE TOOL WE WANT 1341 00:48:32,042 --> 00:48:34,845 TO CAPTURE THE TAG IS REALLY 1342 00:48:34,845 --> 00:48:36,747 EXCITE BE A THE EXCITEMENT FOR 1343 00:48:36,747 --> 00:48:38,048 OUR TEAM DOESN'T END THERE. 1344 00:48:38,048 --> 00:48:40,250 WE HAVE TO VERIFY WE HAVE PROPER 1345 00:48:40,250 --> 00:48:41,251 SAMPLE. 1346 00:48:41,251 --> 00:48:42,953 FIRST WE ARE GOING TO IMAGE THE 1347 00:48:42,953 --> 00:48:44,554 HEAD BY STICKING IN FRONT THE 1348 00:48:44,554 --> 00:48:46,356 CAMERAS THEN DO MANEUVER CALLED 1349 00:48:46,356 --> 00:48:48,959 THE SAMPLE AND STICK OUTED THINK 1350 00:48:48,959 --> 00:48:50,560 ARM AND PEN! 1351 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:54,665 THE SPACECRAFT TO DECIDE. 1352 00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:56,266 AND RETURN HOME AND WE HAVE TO 1353 00:48:56,266 --> 00:48:57,768 TRY AGAIN. 1354 00:48:57,768 --> 00:49:01,672 THIS IS CULMINATION OF A LOT OF 1355 00:49:01,672 --> 00:49:02,906 IT IS REALLY EXCITED TO KNOW 1356 00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:04,107 WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO BE ABLE 1357 00:49:04,107 --> 00:49:06,310 TO TOUCH THE SURFACE OF THE 1358 00:49:06,310 --> 00:49:08,011 ASTEROID AND COLLECT THE SAMPLE 1359 00:49:08,011 --> 00:49:11,181 TO RETURN BACK TO EARTH. 1360 00:49:11,181 --> 00:49:13,483 ♪ 1361 00:49:13,483 --> 00:49:20,290 ♪ 1362 00:49:20,290 --> 00:49:21,992 THE OBSERVATORY. 1363 00:49:21,992 --> 00:49:24,695 THEN, THEN AS OSIRIS-REX 1364 00:49:24,695 --> 00:49:26,697 SPACECRAFT MADE THE WAY TO BENNU 1365 00:49:26,697 --> 00:49:29,399 THE ASTEROID GREW DAY IN DETAIL 1366 00:49:29,399 --> 00:49:31,401 TO SURPRISINGLY RUGGED WORLD 1367 00:49:31,401 --> 00:49:34,905 LITTERED WITH GIANT BOULDERS. 1368 00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:39,609 BOULDERS OSIRIS REX ARRIVED AND 1369 00:49:39,609 --> 00:49:41,211 BEGAN SERVING FOR THE LEADERS UP 1370 00:49:41,211 --> 00:49:42,813 TO THE TOUCH AND GO SAMPLE 1371 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:52,322 COLLECTION EVENTS. 1372 00:49:52,322 --> 00:49:53,924 THE SPACECRAFT DISCOVERED THE 1373 00:49:53,924 --> 00:49:57,627 BOULDERS THE SIDE OF BUILDINGS. 1374 00:49:57,627 --> 00:49:59,429 WHILE OBSERVING BENNU WE MADE 1375 00:49:59,429 --> 00:50:01,331 SOME UNEXPECTED DISCOVERIES. 1376 00:50:01,331 --> 00:50:03,934 OSIRIS-REX SPOTTED PIECES OF 1377 00:50:03,934 --> 00:50:06,136 ROCK BURSTING OFF BENNU AND INTO 1378 00:50:06,136 --> 00:50:07,938 SPACE THE SPACECRAFT WAS BE ABLE 1379 00:50:07,938 --> 00:50:09,940 TO OBSERVE THE ENTIRE LIFE CYCLE 1380 00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:12,642 OF AL NATURAL SATELLITE ENTERING 1381 00:50:12,642 --> 00:50:14,244 INTO ORBIT AND RETURNING BACK TO 1382 00:50:14,244 --> 00:50:20,951 THE SURFACE. 1383 00:50:20,951 --> 00:50:22,052 THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE 1384 00:50:22,052 --> 00:50:23,754 INSTRUMENT ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 1385 00:50:23,754 --> 00:50:27,057 SHOEBOX. 1386 00:50:27,057 --> 00:50:29,960 THE X RAY IMAGING SPECTROMETER 1387 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:32,462 AND DEPENDING X RAYS RADIATING A 1388 00:50:32,462 --> 00:50:36,066 POINT OFF THE EDGE. 1389 00:50:36,066 --> 00:50:38,769 OSIRIS-REX IMAGE BET LEARN EARTH 1390 00:50:38,769 --> 00:50:42,773 AND OUR OWN MOON USING THIS HIGH 1391 00:50:42,773 --> 00:50:44,975 RESOLUTION AND ABLE TO CREATE 1392 00:50:44,975 --> 00:50:46,977 THE SURFACE OF THE VOICE TO AND 1393 00:50:46,977 --> 00:50:51,982 USE NIGHT CREATE A 360 OF THE IN 1394 00:50:51,982 --> 00:50:54,384 AND USING EXTENSIVE CAT LOT 1395 00:50:54,384 --> 00:50:57,087 OSIRIS-REX NAVIGATED ITSELF DO 1396 00:50:57,087 --> 00:50:58,989 IN THE SURFACE FOR SEVERAL 1397 00:50:58,989 --> 00:51:01,391 COLLECTION USED NATURAL FEATURE. 1398 00:51:01,391 --> 00:51:03,226 AND THE LAND MARKS WITH THE 1399 00:51:03,226 --> 00:51:05,028 CATALOGS TO ENSURE WITS ON THE 1400 00:51:05,028 --> 00:51:13,603 RIGHT TRACK. 1401 00:51:13,603 --> 00:51:14,905 IT PERFORMED A SOMEBODY RIFTS 1402 00:51:14,905 --> 00:51:16,706 BURNS TO NAVIGATE ITSELF. 1403 00:51:16,706 --> 00:51:18,508 AT 6:08:00P.M. EASTERN ON 1404 00:51:18,508 --> 00:51:22,412 OCTOBER20th, 2020 OSIRIS-REX 1405 00:51:22,412 --> 00:51:25,515 TAGGED NIGHTINGALE WITHIN ONE 1406 00:51:25,515 --> 00:51:27,217 METER THE ONBOARD CAMERAS 1407 00:51:27,217 --> 00:51:29,219 CAPTURED INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE OF 1408 00:51:29,219 --> 00:51:31,922 THE TOUCH AND GO MECHANISM THE 1409 00:51:31,922 --> 00:51:39,529 SURFACE. 1410 00:51:39,529 --> 00:51:40,630 OVERFLOWING FROM THE TAG TEAM 1411 00:51:40,630 --> 00:51:43,033 AND THE TEAM IS CONFIDENT IT 1412 00:51:43,033 --> 00:51:44,835 THE MISSION REQUIREMENT 1413 00:51:44,835 --> 00:51:46,336 COLLECTING GRAMS OF MATERIAL. 1414 00:51:46,336 --> 00:51:48,738 ON OCTOBER29 TONIGHT E STOWED 1415 00:51:48,738 --> 00:51:52,042 FOR THE RETURN TO EARTH. 1416 00:51:52,042 --> 00:51:54,544 OSIRIS-REX FOR THE LAST TIME ON 1417 00:51:54,544 --> 00:51:57,447 APRIL7th, 2021 AND WILL 1418 00:51:57,447 --> 00:51:59,649 DEPART ON MAY10th ON THE 1419 00:51:59,649 --> 00:52:01,351 2-YEAR JOURNEY DELIVER THE 1420 00:52:01,351 --> 00:52:18,268 SAMPLE HOST EARTH. 1421 00:52:18,268 --> 00:52:20,070 COLLECT 60-GRAMS FROM THE 1422 00:52:20,070 --> 00:52:20,770 SURFACE OF THE NEW ASTEROID 1423 00:52:20,770 --> 00:52:22,672 BENNU. 1424 00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:24,574 THE ROCKY SURFACE PRESENTED 1425 00:52:24,574 --> 00:52:27,477 CHALLENGE FOR THE ORIGINAL PHASE 1426 00:52:27,477 --> 00:52:29,479 AID FROM THE TOUCH AND GO AMPLE 1427 00:52:29,479 --> 00:52:30,881 ACQUISITION EVENT AND AS 1428 00:52:30,881 --> 00:52:33,083 ALTERNATIVE THE PROJECT 1429 00:52:33,083 --> 00:52:34,584 DEVELOPED ONBOARD OBTUSE KELL IS 1430 00:52:34,584 --> 00:52:36,887 ABOUT APPROACH CALLED MATURE FEE 1431 00:52:36,887 --> 00:52:40,891 TRACKING. 1432 00:52:40,891 --> 00:52:42,993 AND REQUIRES 3D MAPS AND TO 1433 00:52:42,993 --> 00:52:45,695 BUILD THE THREE DIMENSIONAL MAPS 1434 00:52:45,695 --> 00:52:47,597 WE NEED MANY OF THE PATCHES OF 1435 00:52:47,597 --> 00:52:50,200 SURFACE ON BENNU ITSELF. 1436 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,701 >> AL THE SURFACE WE HAVE DONE 1437 00:52:51,701 --> 00:52:53,603 THOUGHT THE MISSION HAVE BEEN A 1438 00:52:53,603 --> 00:52:54,905 DISTANCE BETWEEN SEVERAL 1439 00:52:54,905 --> 00:52:56,907 KILOMETERS DOWN TO 200 FLIRT THE 1440 00:52:56,907 --> 00:52:57,807 SURFACE. 1441 00:52:57,807 --> 00:52:59,409 AND BAITED ON THOSE PERSPECTIVES 1442 00:52:59,409 --> 00:53:00,911 WHEN A THE SHADING OF THAT DREAM 1443 00:53:00,911 --> 00:53:04,347 IS POSSIBLE TO THE 3D MODEL 1444 00:53:04,347 --> 00:53:06,249 SIMILAR TO HAVE WE HAVE TWO EYES 1445 00:53:06,249 --> 00:53:07,851 AND ALLOW US TO HAVE DEPTH 1446 00:53:07,851 --> 00:53:10,053 PERCEPTION IN AND REQUIRES 1447 00:53:10,053 --> 00:53:11,221 MULTIPLE FEATURES ACROSS THE 1448 00:53:11,221 --> 00:53:12,422 FIELD TOLL HAVE A DEPTH 1449 00:53:12,422 --> 00:53:13,523 PERCEPTION. 1450 00:53:13,523 --> 00:53:15,825 THE ORIGINAL TAG ACCURACY 1451 00:53:15,825 --> 00:53:16,826 REQUIREMENT WITH THE TOUCH THE 1452 00:53:16,826 --> 00:53:21,231 SURFACE WITHIN 50-METER DIAMTER 1453 00:53:21,231 --> 00:53:26,436 CIRCLE ARE TO BE MUCH BETTER AND 1454 00:53:26,436 --> 00:53:28,538 EVEN WITH WITHIN THE 10-METER 1455 00:53:28,538 --> 00:53:35,845 AREA. 1456 00:53:35,845 --> 00:53:37,647 RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING ON 1457 00:53:37,647 --> 00:53:39,549 SOFTWARE PATCH AND HELP US 1458 00:53:39,549 --> 00:53:40,050 AVOID. 1459 00:53:40,050 --> 00:53:41,351 WHEN WE DO NATURAL FEATURE 1460 00:53:41,351 --> 00:53:43,653 TRACKING THAT IS ALL AUTONOMOUS 1461 00:53:43,653 --> 00:53:45,155 ONBOARD THE SPACECRAFT WHERE WE 1462 00:53:45,155 --> 00:53:46,356 LOAD THE FEATURES TO THE 1463 00:53:46,356 --> 00:53:49,459 SPACECRAFT. 1464 00:53:49,459 --> 00:53:51,461 AND AS THE SPACECRAFT MAKES THE 1465 00:53:51,461 --> 00:53:55,565 PROGRESS DOWN TO THE SAMPLE AND 1466 00:53:55,565 --> 00:53:58,068 THEN LOCATING THOSE LAND MARKS 1467 00:53:58,068 --> 00:54:02,806 TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE RIGHT 1468 00:54:02,806 --> 00:54:05,809 TRACK WE KNOW SISTING UP AND 1469 00:54:05,809 --> 00:54:07,310 BACK AWAY AND WAVE OFF TO TRAY 1470 00:54:07,310 --> 00:54:11,181 AGAIN. 1471 00:54:11,181 --> 00:54:11,681 ♪ 1472 00:54:11,681 --> 00:54:12,082 ♪ 1473 00:54:12,082 --> 00:54:12,215 ♪ 1474 00:54:12,215 --> 00:54:18,688 ♪ IT PEARCE SOME PIECES OF 1475 00:54:18,688 --> 00:54:20,790 ASTEROID ENDED UP AND ASTEROID 1476 00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:22,092 BENNU AND ACCORDING TO 1477 00:54:22,092 --> 00:54:24,094 OBSERVATIONS FROM NASA SEA 1478 00:54:24,094 --> 00:54:26,196 OSIRIS-REX SPACECRAFT THE NEW 1479 00:54:26,196 --> 00:54:28,198 RESULTING SHED LIGHT ON THE 1480 00:54:28,198 --> 00:54:30,600 ORBITAL DANCE AND THE VIOLENT 1481 00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:32,802 ORIGIN OF BENNY WHICH IS A 1482 00:54:32,802 --> 00:54:34,404 RUBBLE PILE THAT COALESCED FROM 1483 00:54:34,404 --> 00:54:37,607 THE FRAGMENTS OF THE COLLISION 1484 00:54:37,607 --> 00:54:40,010 SIX BOWLERS FROM 5 TO 14FEET 1485 00:54:40,010 --> 00:54:42,512 WERE DISCOVERED ACROSS THE 1486 00:54:42,512 --> 00:54:44,314 SOUTHERN HOME STEER THESE ARE 1487 00:54:44,314 --> 00:54:45,515 MUCH BRIGHTER THAN THE REST OF 1488 00:54:45,515 --> 00:54:47,817 BONY WITH SOME APPEARING TEN 1489 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:50,620 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN THE UNUSUAL 1490 00:54:50,620 --> 00:54:52,122 BOULDERS FIRST CAUGHT THE TAM'S 1491 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:54,524 EYE INTERESTS THE OSIRIS-REX AND 1492 00:54:54,524 --> 00:54:55,925 THE TEAM ANALYZED THE BOULDERS 1493 00:54:55,925 --> 00:54:59,529 USING THE ONBOARD WHICH 1494 00:54:59,529 --> 00:55:01,731 CELEBRATING LIGHT SINCE THEY 1495 00:55:01,731 --> 00:55:04,067 HAVE SIGNATURE PATTERNS OF 1496 00:55:04,067 --> 00:55:05,368 BRIGHT AND DARK ACROSS THE RANGE 1497 00:55:05,368 --> 00:55:08,371 OF COLORS AND SPECTROMETER AND 1498 00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:11,741 THE SIGNATURE WAS CHARACTER IS 1499 00:55:11,741 --> 00:55:15,145 FROM SMALL THAT ARE FRAGMENTS 1500 00:55:15,145 --> 00:55:17,447 BLASTED AND SUSTAINED 1501 00:55:17,447 --> 00:55:19,149 SIGNIFICANT ASTEROID IMPACT THE 1502 00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:20,850 TEAM TESTED A FEW DIFFERENT 1503 00:55:20,850 --> 00:55:22,652 SERIES TO DETERMINE THE ORIGIN. 1504 00:55:22,652 --> 00:55:24,154 FIRST IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE 1505 00:55:24,154 --> 00:55:25,955 BOULDERS WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF 1506 00:55:25,955 --> 00:55:28,258 BENNY OR THE PARENT BODY HOWEVER 1507 00:55:28,258 --> 00:55:30,660 THIS IS UNLIKELY BASED ON HOUT 1508 00:55:30,660 --> 00:55:32,962 IS CREATED THIS MINERAL FORMS 1509 00:55:32,962 --> 00:55:34,864 WHEN IT MELTS AT HIGH 1510 00:55:34,864 --> 00:55:36,366 TEMPERATURE AND BENNU COMPOSED 1511 00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:39,369 OF WATER MINERALS. 1512 00:55:39,369 --> 00:55:41,071 NEXT, THE TEAM CONSIDERED 1513 00:55:41,071 --> 00:55:42,872 LOCALIZED HEATING PERHAPS FROM 1514 00:55:42,872 --> 00:55:44,174 IMPACT THE SCALE OF IMPACT 1515 00:55:44,174 --> 00:55:46,876 NEEDED TO CREATE LARGE BOULDERS 1516 00:55:46,876 --> 00:55:48,178 IS MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN 1517 00:55:48,178 --> 00:55:49,479 EXPECTED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE 1518 00:55:49,479 --> 00:55:51,881 MAIN ASTEROID FILM SO THE TEAM 1519 00:55:51,881 --> 00:55:53,283 RULED OUT IN A STEAD CONSIDERED 1520 00:55:53,283 --> 00:55:55,685 OTHER RICH ASTEROIDS THAT MAY 1521 00:55:55,685 --> 00:55:57,187 HAVE IMPLANTED THIS OPPORTUNITY 1522 00:55:57,187 --> 00:55:58,088 TO BEEN 1523 00:55:58,088 --> 00:55:59,389 >> THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE AS 1524 00:55:59,389 --> 00:56:00,890 ASTEROIDS MOVING THERE THE SOLAR 1525 00:56:00,890 --> 00:56:02,692 SYSTEM THEIR ORBITS CAN BE 1526 00:56:02,692 --> 00:56:05,328 ALTERED IN MANY WAY BASS BY THE 1527 00:56:05,328 --> 00:56:08,131 PULL OF GRAVITY IMPACTS THEN 1528 00:56:08,131 --> 00:56:10,133 SLIGHT PRESSURE SUNLIGHT THE NEW 1529 00:56:10,133 --> 00:56:11,701 RESULTS HELPED SPIN DOWN THE 1530 00:56:11,701 --> 00:56:15,105 COMPLEX JOURNEY BENNY AND OTHERS 1531 00:56:15,105 --> 00:56:24,013 TRACE THROUGH THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 1532 00:56:24,013 --> 00:56:29,018 ON NOVEMBER11th, 2019 WORK 1533 00:56:29,018 --> 00:56:32,622 ON THE OSIRIS REX MISSION. 1534 00:56:32,622 --> 00:56:34,424 THE DETECTION OF A BLACK HOLE. 1535 00:56:34,424 --> 00:56:37,026 30,000 SLIGHT YEARS AWAY. 1536 00:56:37,026 --> 00:56:38,528 THE DETECTION WAS MADE TO FIND 1537 00:56:38,528 --> 00:56:40,330 INSTRUMENTS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 1538 00:56:40,330 --> 00:56:40,830 SHOEBOX. 1539 00:56:40,830 --> 00:56:45,535 1:00 THIS IS REX THE X-RAY 1540 00:56:45,535 --> 00:56:47,137 MAJORING SPECTROMETER AND 1541 00:56:47,137 --> 00:56:49,038 PROPOSE AND BUILT BY TEAMS AT 1542 00:56:49,038 --> 00:56:51,941 MIT AND HARTFORD AND DESIGNED TO 1543 00:56:51,941 --> 00:56:53,042 DETERMINE THE ABUNDANCE OF 1544 00:56:53,042 --> 00:56:55,044 ELEMENTS ON THE SURFACE. 1545 00:56:55,044 --> 00:56:57,847 REX DINES A MASK WITH A KNOWN 1546 00:56:57,847 --> 00:57:01,651 PATTERN OF OWN CLOSED HOLE AS 1547 00:57:01,651 --> 00:57:03,186 X-RAYS PASS THROUGH THE MASK 1548 00:57:03,186 --> 00:57:05,488 SHADOW SHIFTS AS IT HITS CENTER 1549 00:57:05,488 --> 00:57:07,190 BASED ON THE SHIFTING SCIENTISTS 1550 00:57:07,190 --> 00:57:08,591 CAN DETERMINE WHERE WILL THE 1551 00:57:08,591 --> 00:57:09,993 X-RAY CAME FROM. 1552 00:57:09,993 --> 00:57:11,661 WHILE REX WAS OBSERVING THE 1553 00:57:11,661 --> 00:57:14,264 ASTEROIDS SEVERAL MILLION MILE 1554 00:57:14,264 --> 00:57:16,166 MILES FROM EARTH AND DETECTED 1555 00:57:16,166 --> 00:57:18,868 FROM A POINT OFF THE EDGE AT 1556 00:57:18,868 --> 00:57:21,471 PLACE WHERE NEW PREVIOUS OBJECT 1557 00:57:21,471 --> 00:57:23,973 HAD BEEN CATALOGED THIS GLOWING 1558 00:57:23,973 --> 00:57:26,376 OBJECT TURNED OUT TO BE A BLACK 1559 00:57:26,376 --> 00:57:28,878 HOLE AND AS MATTER FROM ORBITING 1560 00:57:28,878 --> 00:57:31,981 STAR IS PULLED TO A SPINNING 1561 00:57:31,981 --> 00:57:34,284 AND ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY 1562 00:57:34,284 --> 00:57:37,887 FORM IS RELEASED IN THE PROCESS. 1563 00:57:37,887 --> 00:57:40,390 THIS BLACK HOLE WAS DISCOVERED A 1564 00:57:40,390 --> 00:57:44,093 WEAK EARLIER PI THE TELESCOPE. 1565 00:57:44,093 --> 00:57:48,498 AND ALSO ON THE ISS NASA'S STAR 1566 00:57:48,498 --> 00:57:50,800 COMPOSITION AND NICER IDENTIFIED 1567 00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:54,704 THE X RAY BLAST. 1568 00:57:54,704 --> 00:57:57,006 ANDS AT MS OFFICER SHIELDS FROM 1569 00:57:57,006 --> 00:57:58,708 X RAYS SO THESE TYPE OF BLASTS 1570 00:57:58,708 --> 00:58:00,710 LOOK THE ONE EMITTED FROM THE 1571 00:58:00,710 --> 00:58:02,712 BLACK HOLE CAN ONLY REALLY BE 1572 00:58:02,712 --> 00:58:04,647 OBSERVED FROM SPACE. 1573 00:58:04,647 --> 00:58:08,852 AND WE NEED THIS PLANETARY SPACE 1574 00:58:08,852 --> 00:58:10,153 AROUND THE ASTEROIDS. 1575 00:58:10,153 --> 00:58:10,453 ♪ 1576 00:58:10,453 --> 00:58:15,525 ♪ 1577 00:58:15,525 --> 00:58:17,727 ♪ SINCE LATE 2018 NASA'S 1578 00:58:17,727 --> 00:58:20,530 OSIRIS-REX MISSION HAS BEEN 1579 00:58:20,530 --> 00:58:24,133 EXPLORING BENNU. 1580 00:58:24,133 --> 00:58:26,336 OSIRIS-REX CAPTURED CLOSE-UP 1581 00:58:26,336 --> 00:58:29,439 MAJOR 3D MAPS OF THE ROCKY 1582 00:58:29,439 --> 00:58:30,039 TERRAIN. 1583 00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:32,342 STUDIED THE GIANT CHEMICAL 1584 00:58:32,342 --> 00:58:34,544 MAKEUP AND WITNESSED PARTICLES 1585 00:58:34,544 --> 00:58:38,848 BEING EJECT MOOD SPACE. 1586 00:58:38,848 --> 00:58:41,251 IN OCTOBER OF 2020 THE 1587 00:58:41,251 --> 00:58:43,453 SPACECRAFT VENTURE GRABBED THE 1588 00:58:43,453 --> 00:58:46,256 SAMPLE OF THE ASTEROID THAT WILL 1589 00:58:46,256 --> 00:58:49,559 RETURN TO EARTH IN 2023. 1590 00:58:49,559 --> 00:58:51,361 NOW THAT THE GOALS ARE COMPLETE. 1591 00:58:51,361 --> 00:58:54,163 THE TIME HAS COME FOR OSIRIS-REX 1592 00:58:54,163 --> 00:58:56,165 TO FUTURE THE ENGINES TO BID 1593 00:58:56,165 --> 00:58:58,067 FAREWELL TO ASTEROID BENNU. 1594 00:58:58,067 --> 00:58:58,468 ♪ 1595 00:58:58,468 --> 00:58:58,601 ♪ 1596 00:58:58,601 --> 00:58:58,735 ♪ 1597 00:58:58,735 --> 00:59:00,003 ♪