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Bennu, named after the ancient Egyptian phoenix, was the chosen destination for NASA's premier asteroid exploration mission, OSIRIS-REx, launched in 2016. The study of this asteroid is crucial in safeguarding the future of planet Earth, but Bennu is also a time capsule from the dawn of our Solar System, holding secrets over four-and-a-half billion years old about the origin of life and Earth as a habitable planet.
In 2020, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Bennu and collected pristine asteroid material for delivery to Earth in September 2023. Scientific studies of the samples, along with data collected during the rendezvous, promise to help find answers to some of humanity's deepest questions: Where did we come from? What is our destiny in space?
This book, the world's first complete (and stereoscopic) atlas of an asteroid, is the result of a unique collaboration between OSIRIS-REx mission leader Dante Lauretta and Brian May's London Stereoscopic Company. Lauretta's colleagues, including Carina Bennett, Kenneth Coles, and Cat Wolner, as well as Brian May and Claudia Manzoni, became part of the ultimately successful effort to find a safe landing site for sampling.
The text details the data collected by the mission so far, and the stereo images have been meticulously created by Manzoni and May from original images collected by the OSIRIS-REx cameras. This book promises to provide a comprehensive and visually stunning exploration of Bennu, a time capsule from the dawn of our Solar System, and the insights it may hold about the origin of life and the potential for human expansion into space.
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| Attribute | Value | ||||
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| publisher | University of Arizona Press (July 27, 2023) | ||||
| language | English | ||||
| hardcover | 208 pages | ||||
| isbn_10 | 0816551766 | ||||
| isbn_13 | 978-0816551767 | ||||
| item_weight | 2.95 pounds | ||||
| dimensions | 9.61 x 1 x 12.44 inches | ||||
| best_sellers_rank | #878,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #55,512 in Science & Math (Books) | ||||
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