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Jupiters Bands This illustration combines an image of Jupiter from the JunoCam instrument aboard NASAs Juno spacecraft with a composite image of Earth

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Is Racing Back to Earth With a Scoop of Asteroid Illustration: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft tasked with collecting rocks and dust from a nearby asteroid named Bennu, is coming back home after almost five years away. The spacecraft, officially named Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, officially fired its engines to begin its Earthward journey on May 10. Its return trip will take two and half years. Advertisement Bennu, the asteroid the spacecraft accosted, is a 1,600-foot-wide...

New Horizons Captures Goosebump-Inducing Image as It Approaches Milestone Distance From the Sun Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Southwest Research Institute With Pluto firmly in its rearview mirror, New Horizons is now hours away from reaching a milestone distance, in which the probe will be 50 times farther from the Sun than Earth. To commemorate the achievement, the spacecraft performed a task that had never been attempted before at the edge of the solar system. Advertisement At 8:42 p.m. EDT on Saturday April 17, New Horizons will be 50 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, in which 1 AU is ...

By Staff Biddeford composite manufacturer FMI has been awarded a $24 million contract from NASA to provide thermal protection systems for three Mars mission programs. The company, a subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR), produces reinforced thermal protection composites for products that must endure high temperatures. The company employs about 240, and plans to recruit for another 60 jobs this year, though all the positions aren't related to the NASA work, according to a spokeswoman. The contract began last month and will continue to Jan. 19, 2026. The thermal protection...

osiris-rex_departure.png This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona On May 10, NASAs Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will say farewell to asteroid Bennu and begin its journey back to Earth. During its Oct. 20, 2020, sample collection event, the spacecraft collected a substantial amount of material from Bennus surface, likely exceeding the missions requirement of 2 ounces (60 grams). The spacecraf...