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The high-risk mission that will return an asteroid sample to Earth

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is attempting one of the most delicate maneuvers in space exploration. After collecting material ...
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Stardust: The NASA Mission That Brought Back Particles From "The Very Origins Of The Solar System"

I n 2016, NASA launched the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) probe, which famously touched down on asteroid Bennu in 2020, before ...

How deep did OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's arm plunge into asteroid Bennu?

NASA OSIRIS-REx sample collection event at Asteroid Bennu saw the spacecraft plunge its arm into the surface. Find out how ...