Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples

Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples
By Nancy Atkinson

Out in the asteroid belt, 207 million miles (334 million km) from Earth, a little spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Asteroid Bennu today, attempting to collect samples of dust and rocks. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) spent about 10 seconds on the ancient asteroid to collect …

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October 21, 2020 at 06:17AM
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