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OSIRIS-REx Mission: What Do We Expect To Find on Asteroid Bennu?

Adam Mann, Knowable Magazine 20/10/2020

On October 20, a van-sized robot circling a distant...

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NASA Probe OSIRIS-REx To Attempt Riskiest Mission Yet

The plan is to shoot liquid nitrogen into the...

NASA Deep Space Probe Reaches Asteroid Deemed Potential Earth Threat

Reuters 04/12/2018

A 'touch-and-go' manoeuvre of OSIRIS-REx is planned to snatch...

This artist's concept shows the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism or TAGSAM. The mission aims to return a sample of Bennu's surface coating to Earth for study as well as return detailed information about the asteroid and it's trajectory. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Asteroid-Bound OSIRIS-REx Set to Begin New Quest for Life’s Origins

Sandhya Ramesh 07/09/2016

The ambitious seven-year mission will visit the asteroid Bennu...