OSIRIS-REx , NASA's first asteroid sample return mission, took a bite out of the space rock Bennu in October 2020 and is on course to return that sample to Earth just over seven years to the day after it launched.
As the probe — whose name is short for "Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security-Regolith Explorer" — flies its return trajectory through space, teams on Earth are preparing for the sample's Sept. 24 landing in the Utah desert.
OSIRIS-REx scraped an asteroid, in six months we'll know what it found
Cosmos » Space » OSIRIS-REx scraped an asteroid, now it's set to deliver samples back to Earth
Somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Earth, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is nipping home with precious cargo: a 250g sample of material from the asteroid Bennu .
'Asteroid City' Trailer: Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks in Wes Anderson Film - Variety
Focus Features has dropped the trailer for Wes Anderson ’s upcoming comedy “ Asteroid City .”
“Asteroid City” is set in the 1950s in a fictional American desert town. At a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention, which is designed to unite students and parents in scholarly competition, chaos ensues as world-changing events take place.
NASA's metallic asteroid-hunter Psyche has a new mission plan | Science-Environment
NASA's Psyche, a robotic space mission that aims to explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is planned to launch in October 2023, with the launch period opening on October 5 and closing on October 25.
On Wednesday, NASA revealed a new mission plan for Psyche, which includes a Mars flyby for a gravity assist and arrival at the asteroid in August 2029.
NASA prepping for September arrival of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample https://t.co/yW1NKsIgA4 https://t.co/OyFQn6RvQ4 SPACEdotcom (from NYC) Thu Mar 30 14:02:47 +0000 2023
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