OSIRIS-REx Samples Asteroid Bennu “NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an […]
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OSIRIS-REx Arrives at Bennu
OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Arrives at Asteroid Bennu “The spacecraft executed a maneuver that transitioned it from flying toward Bennu to operating around the asteroid. Now, at about 11.8 miles (19 kilometers) […]