The story on this little R2D2-like device is that it was lifted off Earth in 2016 and then traveled to Asteroid Bennu, orbited there in 2018, landed on the asteroid, gathered samples, and then flew back to Earth, ditching the device in Utah. The journey was 3.86 billion miles and the carrier spacecraft traveled at 27,650 miles per hour.
The problem that I have with it, numerals aside, is just like the Moon landings, the photo above has inconsistent shadows. You’d think they would at least get that part right.
The host spaceship, OSIRIS-REx, will continue its journey , next stopping at Asteroid Apophis. So they tell us.
Piece of Mindful 
Seems the space propaganda has started up again. Amazon is sending a satellite into space now, launch was today. Doesn’t look like much of a satellite. How exactly is it supposed to steer in orbit?
Video here
https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/atlas-v-project-kuiper-protoflight
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lol such beliefs by blinded TV folks … the chance of that turning around and achieving the speeds needed to satisfy these claims, is a complete joke
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Naturally if it comes from NASA it can’t be trusted, but I’m not suspicious of the shadows. I believe I’m looking at three guys on uneven sandy ground with some kind of thingy-bob. The shadows on the men are consistent. The shadows on the ground appear to be variated by the hillocks and the vegetation and the odd shape of the thingy-bob. I’m not 100 percent sure of myself. I have a certain amount of skill as an artist but never had a great eye for shadow consistency. Still, I think you may be giving us hoax-callers a bad name here, Mark. lol.
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I am not 100% sure either.
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I think TimR should call it for us.
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Lol.. it looks okay to me, but I’m just a humble cartoonist. Now the overall story of this thing flying out billions of miles to a tiny asteroid, performing delicate robot operations, and then zipping back does sound like a bugs bunny cartoon or something..
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Looks like a repurposed public announcement speaker to me ; )
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Looks like a mini BBQ.
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That thing must be made with some indestructible material. Not only did it survive re-entry into earth’s atmosphere, but it hit the ground with nary a dent! And without a ‘chute!
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We were told that ‘chutes slowed it down to 11 mph on landing, one of many numeric clues sent our way.
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