{"id":92898,"date":"2018-12-10T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898//?p=92898"},"modified":"2019-07-01T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T17:28:34","slug":"first-images-from-osiris-rex-mission-have-scientists-buzzing-with-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898//first-images-from-osiris-rex-mission-have-scientists-buzzing-with-excitement/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898//","title":{"rendered":"First Images from OSIRIS REx Mission Have Scientists Buzzing with Excitement"},"content":{"rendered":"
The holidays came early for the science team leading NASA/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u2019s OSIRIS-REx mission to collect samples from a near-Earth asteroid. Today they announced findings from the mission thus far, which arrived at asteroid Bennu Dec. 3/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/n
Scientists were already buzzing with excitement in November when the spacecraft/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u2019s long-range cameras began beaming early images of the asteroid. Now, the first few close ups confirm the buzz./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u201cThe images are spectacular and spot on … it is pretty amazing to actually see [the Bennu asteroid] now./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u2013 Humberto Campins, 女仆AV professor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/n
/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u201cWe/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u2019re very excited,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u201d says Humberto Campins, a 女仆AV planetary scientist, professor of physics and member of the OSIRIS-REx Science Team. He and UCF Associate Professor Yan Fernandez are part of the team that will analyze close range images of the asteroid to recommend the best spot to collect the sample. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u201cThe images are spectacular and spot on, what we expected thanks to predictions made with the instrumentation at the Arecibo Observatory in the late 90s and early 2000s. We will spend a year and a half mapping Bennu and have to wait until mid 2020 we collect the sample, but it is pretty amazing to actually see it now. Christmas came early./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/92898/n