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Right Here, Right Now : Image of the Day

earthobservatory.nasa.gov 30 Dec '17, 11pm

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“It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” —Neil Armstrong The purpose of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft—Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer—is to map and return samples from asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich hunk of rock that might contain organic materials or molecular precursors to life. It is also an asteroid that could someday make a close pass or even a collision with Earth, though not for several centuries. At the highest philosophical level, OSIRIS-REx is a mission to figure out where we came from, as asteroids are remnants from the formation of our solar system. But while the spacecraft might tell us some things about where we have been and where we are h...

Full article: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91494&...

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@SustInqLearning » 04 Jan '18, 6pm
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@_S_Ching » 31 Dec '17, 4am
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@mjhintonNM » 30 Dec '17, 11pm
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