Bennu

Landing II

As OSIRIS-REx Returns to Earth From Asteroid Bennu, a Look Behind the Scenes

Kimberly M.S. Cartier 23/09/2023

OSIRIS-REx will help reveal Bennu’s detailed carbon chemistry and...

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Five Space Exploration Missions To Look Out for In 2023

Gareth Dorrian and Ian Whittaker 31/12/2022

With many bold advances and launches due in 2023,...

Illustration of NASA's DART spacecraft prior to impact at the Didymos binary asteroid system

NASA DART Spacecraft Hits Target Asteroid in Test of Planetary Defense System

Steve Gorman 27/09/2022

The finale to the spaceflight was humankind's first attempt...

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We Know the Future Is Here Because Space Mining Is Here

Prakash Chandra 14/02/2019

It is not far-fetched to think that engineers could...

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...

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off on from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

NASA Launches its First Probe to Collect Asteroid Samples

Irene Klotz 09/09/2016

Scientists believe asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth...

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...