OSIRIS-REx

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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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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To Bennu and Back, Looking for Clues of Our Origins – and Maybe Of Our End

Partha Pratim Bera 11/04/2019

After travelling over 3.21 million km, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft...

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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...

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NASA Deep Space Probe Finds Signs of Water on Nearby Asteroid

Reuters 12/12/2018

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