Comments on: Engineers confirm OSIRIS-APEX successfully completed its second of six close fly-bys of the Sun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-confirm-osiris-apex-successfully-completed-its-second-of-six-close-fly-bys-of-the-sun/ Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jfm https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-confirm-osiris-apex-successfully-completed-its-second-of-six-close-fly-bys-of-the-sun/#comment-1546417 Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:42:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111652#comment-1546417 Thank you Mr. Zimmerman. Hope you are feeling better.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-confirm-osiris-apex-successfully-completed-its-second-of-six-close-fly-bys-of-the-sun/#comment-1546105 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:18:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111652#comment-1546105 In reply to jfm.

jfm: You are correct. These fly-bys, which do not get within Mercury’s orbit, are solely to get the spacecraft to Apophis. And because the spacecraft was not designed to experience this environment, the goal is to protect its instruments, not do research.

]]> By: jfm https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-confirm-osiris-apex-successfully-completed-its-second-of-six-close-fly-bys-of-the-sun/#comment-1546102 Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:03:57 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=111652#comment-1546102 Am I correct in believing that the mission was solely to study the asteroids? The close fly has no research regarding the sun?

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