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Pieces of a potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu will come barreling down to Earth this weekend, landing in Utah, following a 7-year NASA spacecraft journey to collect a sample of the asteroid.
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Illustration: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona (Fair Use) Yesterday, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft passed by the asteroid Bennu for the last time, ending its two-and-a-half-year relationship with the space rock. But OSIRIS-REx is still lingering in the asteroid’s vicinity, as if hesitant to embark on its roughly 200-million-mile return to Earth. That trip will begin in early May. Advertisement OSIRIS-REx is carrying precious samples from the asteroid and should arrive back on Earth on September 24, 2023. Asteroid Bennu. Illustration: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona “Leaving Bennu’...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission flies by asteroid Bennu one final time CNN 2 hrs ago By Ashley Strickland, CNN © NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona This artist's concept shows the planned flight path of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during its final flyby of asteroid Bennu. A NASA spacecraft will bid farewell to its asteroid companion of the last few years. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is conducting a final flyby of the asteroid Bennu on Wednesday. The spacecraft made history when it briefly touched down on the asteroid on October 20, 2020, and collecting a hefty 2-ounce sample f...