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25 Sep 2023

NASA Spacecraft Lands Successfully In Utah With Largest Sample Collected From Asteroid Bennu

After seven years, a space voyage came to its climactic end. NASA capsule made a safe landing in the Utah desert of the United States. The capsule was carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid in space. The capsule made a fiery final descent through the atmosphere of the Earth.

24 Oct 2020

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid Bennu

“Bennu continues to surprise us with great science and also throwing a few curveballs,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s associate administrator for science. He added, “And although we may have to move more quickly to stow the sample, it’s not a bad problem to have. We are so excited to see what appears to be an abundant sample that will inspire science for decades beyond this historic moment.”

10 Jun 2020

Sunlight can crack rocks on asteroid Bennu, reveal OSIRIS-REx images

The images captured by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer) spacecraft have discovered that rocks on asteroid Bennu could crack as sunlight heats them up during the day and the rocks cool down at night.

21 May 2020

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft gets ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu's surface

World's premier space agency NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft mission is now ready for its long-awaited touchdown on the surface of asteroid Bennu to collect a chunk of space rock to bring home.

13 Dec 2019

NASA selects sample collection site on asteroid Bennu

After grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu`s surface, the US space agency has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu.

10 Jan 2019

NASA's asteroid sampling probe snaps picture of Earth

The picture shows the asteroid Bennu, top right, about 43 kilometres from the spacecraft, and the Earth and moon, bottom left, more than 110 million kilometres away.

05 Dec 2018

First NASA probe to return asteroid sample reaches destination

OSIRIS-REx's mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.

17 Mar 2018

No movie style rescue, says NASA as Asteroid Bennu continues towards Earth

It is estimated that Bennu, which is the size of the Empire State Building, would unleash 1,200 megatons of energy on impact, 80,000 times that of the Hiroshima bomb.

27 Sep 2017

NASA's OSIRIS-REx captures Earth in all its glory while on its way to Bennu – See pic

While whizzing past our home planet, the MapCam camera on the spacecraft looked towards Earth to capture a color composite image, which NASA has now released.

09 Sep 2016

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft lifts off to sample asteroid Bennu - Watch!

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifted off at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

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