NASA will give the public a look at the asteroid sample brought back to Earth by its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft next week. A livestream of the reveal is set for 11 AM ET on Wednesday, October 11… Read More
The OSIRIS-REx mission is nearing its final stretch as it closes in on Earth after a seven-year round trip to the asteroid Bennu. The capsule containing the sample is scheduled the make the… Read More
The country’s first pristine asteroid sample — protected by a heat shield invented in Silicon Valley — landed in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert Sunday morning, where i… Read More
‘Asteroid City’ Cast Asks NASA About OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Missionwes anderson,jason schwartzman,scarlet johanson,emma hawkIn September 2023, scientists with NASA’s OSIRIS-R… Read More
Nearly two years ago, NASA made history when its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly “tagged” 101955 Bennu to collect a regolith sample from the surface of the asteroid. While the miss… Read More
On October 16, NASA launched the Lucy spacecraft on a 12-year mission to explore eight asteroids in Jupiter’s Trojan asteroid belt.
According to scientists, many large asteroids wil… Read More
You’re probably aware of the fact that NASA has an orbiter that’s circling the asteroid Bennu that’s about 200 miles from our home planet. It’s been just reported tha… Read More
//NASA's ambitious OSIRIS-REX asteroid sample return mission swings by Earth this Friday for a gravity assist en route to asteroid 101955 Bennu.An artist's conception of Friday's Earth flyby… Read More