May created stereoscopic images from the spacecraft's data to help the mission leader collect the sample
Brian May is apparently partially to thank for the return of NASA's first-ever asteroid sample from space.The Queen lead guitarist, 76, revealed during a Sunday appearance on NASA TV that he was part of the team that helped in the collection of the sample from the asteroid named Bennu and its journey to Earth.
Per CNN, May said he was proud to be a member of OSIRIS-REx, whose spacecraft flew by Earth on Sunday. This trip continued the legacy that the spacecraft began when it journeyed to space seven years before to collect samples from Bennu.
“Hello NASA folks, space fans, asteroid aficionados. This is Brian May of Queen as you know probably, but also immensely proud to be a team member of OSIRIS-REx,” May said on a clip released by NASA TV, per CNN.According to the outlet, May helped mission leader Dante Lauretta to identify where to collect the sample, by creating stereoscopic images from the spacecraft’s data.
May also celebrated the news on his website. “Today is the day – the long awaited day – when the sample of a piece of material From Bennu – the asteroid most likely to hit the Earth in the future, is recovered to Earth,” the rock star wrote. “This box when it is opened of material from the surface of Bennu can tell us untold secret of the origins of the universe, the origins or our planet and the origins of life itself.”(People)
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