A rotating mosaic of asteroid Bennu, composed of images captured by NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft over a four-hour period on December 2, 2018. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft briefly landed on an asteroid called Bennu on Tuesday to collect samples of its rock. But now a valve on the probe's sample-collecting arm won't close, and the bits of asteroid it grabbed are floating away. The team is frantically trying to store the asteroid dust in a safer place before they lose much more.

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    04/15/2024 - 9:23 am | View Link
  • NASA seeking help to develop a lower-cost Mars Sample Return mission
    Responding to an independent review of NASA's ambitious Mars Sample ... Space Center for the start of detailed analysis. Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since ...
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