OSIRIS-REx

OSIRIS-REx ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 22, 2020
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission is officially prepared for its long-awaited touchdown on asteroid Bennu’s surface.

By David Aragorn
Surprise! Students get an unexpected glimpse of a black hole 30,000 light-years away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 11, 2020
They used a NASA asteroid probe to do it.

By David Aragorn
Nasa reveals final plans for landing on ‘apocalypse asteroid’ Bennu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 19, 2019
Nasa has revealed its final plans to land a probe on a huge space rock nicknamed the ‘apocalypse asteroid’.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission explains Asteroid Bennu’s mysterious particle events 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 10, 2019
Shortly after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu, an unexpected discovery by the mission’s science team revealed that the asteroid could be active, or consistently discharging particles into space. The ongoing examination of Bennu — and its sample that will eventually be returned to Earth — could potentially shed light on why this intriguing phenomenon is occurring.

By David Aragorn
NASA Takes Record-Breaking Close Asteroid Photo 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 19, 2019
Bennu is ready for its close-up.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Surprise Discovery on Bennu Just Changed What We Know About Asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 26, 2019
A shock discovery is in from Bennu. The NASA spacecraft analysing the asteroid has observed it shooting out plumes of dust that surround it in a dusty haze – a phenomenon we’ve never seen in an asteroid before.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 8, 2019
At 2:43 p.m. EST on December 31, while many on Earth prepared to welcome the New Year, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) away, carried out a single, eight-second burn of its thrusters – and broke a space exploration record.

By David Aragorn
NASA releases first data from OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 15, 2018
Take a peek at asteroid Bennu: porous, blue, and with a water-rich parent body.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx finds signs of water on the asteroid Bennu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 12, 2018
The craft will spend 2019 scoping out the best spot to grab a handful of space rock dust

By David Aragorn
How NASA’s Mission to Bennu Will Keep Earth Safe from Asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 10, 2018
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission won’t just take pretty pictures of the asteroid Bennu—it will also help scientists learn whether the rock will one day threaten Earth.

By David Aragorn