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Utah’s Dugway hosts massive war games involving spy planes, a secret missile and more Army, Air Force, Marines take part in EDGE21 “scrimmage” as the military continues to modernize its weapons and tactics. (Courtesy of the U.S. Army) An Army ATV, known as a DAGOR, fires a small drone from a pneumatic tube during EDGE21 training exercises at Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground, held May 3 to May 14, 2021. The drone, used primarily for surveillance, can assist squads in the field.   | May 16,...

MQ-9 Reaper: The only option for SOCOM’s ‘armed overwatch’ role Dr. Michael Vickers 2 hours ago An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 25, 2015. (Senior Airman Cory D. Payne/Air Force) Much has been asked of our special operations forces over the past two decades, with constant deployments and multiple combat tours the norm. One thing that shouldn’t be asked of them is that they go into combat without the most ef...

OSIRIS-REx Begins Journey Home With Significant Asteroid Sample Scientists are now one step closer to learning more about how our solar system formed – and, potentially, the origins of life. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which was designed, built and flown by Lockheed Martin for NASA, departed asteroid Bennu and is headed back to Earth with a pristine asteroid sample.  After a two-year, 1.4-billion-mile return cruise that inclu...

Last Updated: NASA Shares Stunning Pic Of Asteroid Bennu As OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads Back To Earth US space agency NASA has shared a stunning image of a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. The image of the asteroid was captured by the Osiris Rex spacecraft. (Image Credits: NASASolarSystem/Instagram) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has shared a stunning image of a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. The image of the asteroid was captured by the Osiris Rex space...

Mission: RED FLAG is a contested combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. It is coordinated at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). It is one of a series of advanced training programs administered by the United States Air Force Warfare Center and Nellis Air Force Base. Background: RED FLAG was established in 1975 as the brain child of Lt. Col. Richard “M...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Is Racing Back to Earth With a Scoop of Asteroid Illustration: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft tasked with collecting rocks and dust from a nearby asteroid named Bennu, is coming back home after almost five years away. The spacecraft, officially named Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, officially fired its engines to begin its Earthward journey on May 10. Its return trip will take...

Constant Contact Use. By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from: American Astronomical Society, 1667 K Street NW, Washington, DC, 20006, http://aas.org. You can revoke your consent to receive emails at any time by using the SafeUnsubscribe® link, found at the bottom of every email. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact NASA’s asteroid explorer has begun its long journey home with precious cargo onboard: samples of the asteroid Bennu. An artists illustrati...

05-12-2021 This illustration provided by NASA depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. (Conceptual Image Lab/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA via AP) After five years in space, a NASA spacecraft is on its way back to Earth after collecting dust and rocks from the asteroid Bennu. Osiris-Rex reached asteroid Bennu in 2018 and spent two years flying near and around it, before collecting rubble from the surface last fall. The University of Arizonas Dante Lauretta, the principal scie...

NASA is now bringing asteroid samples back to Earth BGR 5/12/2021 © Provided by BGR asteroid probe It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating the arrival of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe at the space rock known as Bennu. Bennu is a big, beefy, messy rock with lots to see, and NASA’s probe spent a good deal of time studying its surface before it ever attempted to snatch a sample of material. Now that it’s completed its incredibly risky objectives, the probe is scheduled for a...

NASA NASAs Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) robotic deep-space probe is returning from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. On May 10, 2021 at 4:23 pm EDT, the spacecraft began its 2.5-year journey to Earth laden with rock and dust samples as its four high-thrust main engines fired for seven minutes to reach a relative velocity of 600 mph (1,000 km/h). Todays departure comes after weeks of preparations as Mission Control waited for Be...