# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1OOkjAnbx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15342047-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-08-13T13:43:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Ready to touch an asteroid?

NASA's OSIRIS-REx is ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu. The mission is ready to perform its “Matchpoint” rehearsal – the second practice run of the Touch-and-Go (TAG) sample collection event. The rehearsal will be similar to the Apr. 14 “Checkpoint” rehearsal, which practiced the first two maneuvers of the descent, but this time the spacecraft will add a third maneuver, called the Matchpoint burn, and fly even closer to sample site Nightingale – reaching an altitude of approximately 131 ft (40 m) – before backing away from the asteroid.

This artist's rendering shows OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface.

Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
 

#nasa #exploration #space #asteroids #bennu #OSIRIS-Rex

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bennu, nasa, space, exploration, asteroids, osiris

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