{"id":262030,"date":"2023-09-27T18:59:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T13:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=262030"},"modified":"2023-09-28T12:01:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T06:31:40","slug":"osiris-rexs-success-and-bennus-gift-of-knowledge-from-the-heavens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/osiris-rexs-success-and-bennus-gift-of-knowledge-from-the-heavens\/","title":{"rendered":"OSIRIS-REx\u2019s success, and Bennu\u2019s gift of knowledge from the heavens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201c<strong>OSIRIS-REx\u2019s success, and Bennu\u2019s gift of knowledge from the heavens<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201c<strong>Indian express\u201d<\/strong> on 27th September 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus:<\/strong> GS3- Science and technology- Awareness in the fields of Space<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> This article is about NASA&#8217;s OSIRIS-REx mission, which collected rock samples from the asteroid Bennu and returned them to Earth, helping scientists learn about the solar system&#8217;s history and how life may have started on Earth.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the OSIRIS-REx mission?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>OSIRIS-REx Mission Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s project to study asteroid Bennu.<\/p>\n<p>Aimed to collect and return rock samples to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2018 and successfully collected samples from Bennu.<\/p>\n<p>The mission faced many challenges, including initial project approval issues.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the &#8220;first American asteroid sample return in history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Significance of Bennu:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Discovered in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Believed to have formed between Mars and Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p>Thought to hold clues about the solar system&#8217;s history and Earth&#8217;s life origins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comparative Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unlike past Japanese missions, OSIRIS-REx brought back a considerable amount of material, offering more extensive insights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samples safely landed in Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed study results will be available in October, promising new understanding of our universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cOSIRIS-REx\u2019s success, and Bennu\u2019s gift of knowledge from the heavens\u201d published in \u201cIndian express\u201d on 27th September 2023. Syllabus: GS3- Science and technology- Awareness in the fields of Space News: This article is about NASA&#8217;s OSIRIS-REx mission, which collected rock samples from the asteroid Bennu and returned&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/osiris-rexs-success-and-bennus-gift-of-knowledge-from-the-heavens\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">OSIRIS-REx\u2019s success, and Bennu\u2019s gift of knowledge from the heavens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230],"tags":[216,10500,242],"class_list":["post-262030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","tag-science-and-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262030\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}