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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission set for historic asteroid Bennu sample return next week
1 year, 3 months ago

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission set for historic asteroid Bennu sample return next week

Hindustan Times  

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is set to create history on September 24, 2023, by bringing back samples from the asteroid Bennu after spending seven years in deep space. Asteroid Bennu is a potentially hazardous, near-Earth space rock that has a nearly 1 in 1,800 chance of colliding with Earth in the next 300 years. What is NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission Launched in …

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Asteroid Bennu's interior could be like 'crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space', say scientists
4 years, 1 month ago

Asteroid Bennu's interior could be like 'crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space', say scientists

India Today  

Asteroid Bennu, the samples of which were collected by Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in a historic mission, might be hollow. According to scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, the interior of the diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu could be "weaker and less dense than its outer layers -- like a crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space". Scientists used OSIRIS-REx’s navigational instruments and …

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Asteroid Bennu Has Been in Earth's Vicinity for 1.75 Million Years, Reveals New Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Asteroid Bennu Has Been in Earth's Vicinity for 1.75 Million Years, Reveals New Study

News 18  

Asteroid Bennu has been in the news for the past few weeks for NASA’s historic sample collection mission on the space rock. Research has revealed that the asteroid has been in an orbit that brings it astronomically close to our home planet for 1.75 million years. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sent by NASA to collect samples from the asteroid has proved …

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NASA collected a sample from asteroid Bennu, but some of it is leaking into space
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA collected a sample from asteroid Bennu, but some of it is leaking into space

CNN  

CNN — The historic collection of a sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on Tuesday was almost too successful. They aren’t moving fast, but nonetheless, it’s valuable scientific material.” The spacecraft's sample head is full of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu. “The loss of mass is of concern to me, …

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NASA's Probe Osiris-Rex 'Kisses' Asteroid Bennu After Four-Year Long Historic Mission
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Probe Osiris-Rex 'Kisses' Asteroid Bennu After Four-Year Long Historic Mission

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After a four-year journey, NASA’s robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on asteroid Bennu’s boulder-strewn surface on Tuesday to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles from Earth. “We think we actually might be coming back with a baby picture of what the solar system was like, of what our chemistry was like, billions of …

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Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe collects rock sample from asteroid Bennu in historic mission
4 years, 2 months ago

Nasa's Osiris-Rex probe collects rock sample from asteroid Bennu in historic mission

India Today  

Nasa’s robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex briefly touched down on the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday to collect rock and dust samples almost 330 million kilometres from the Earth. Speaking to news agency AFP, Nasa scientist Michelle Thaller said: “We think we actually might be coming back with a baby picture of what the solar system was like, of what …

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NASA asteroid mission: New images show historic landing and sample collection on Bennu
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA asteroid mission: New images show historic landing and sample collection on Bennu

CNN  

CNN — New images taken by the OSIRIS-REx mission show the historic first touchdown of a NASA spacecraft on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona This drawing shows an artist's concept of what it will look like when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly touches asteroid Bennu with its robot arm to grab a sample of the asteroid. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona …

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