https://spacewatch.global/tag/touch-and-go/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/touch-and-go/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/nasas-osiris-rex-touches-asteroid-bennu-to-collect-dust/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27472&preview=true&preview_id=27472 NASA's Osiris Rex touches asteroid Bennu to collect dust]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/nasas-osiris-rex-is-one-rehearsal-away-from-touching-asteroid-bennu/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 05:00:23 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25048 On Aug. 11, the mission will 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.]]>