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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...

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, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, or the 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 Bennu’s surface, likely exceeding the mission’s requirement of 2 ounces (60 grams). The spacecraft is sc...

NASA mission will zoom by asteroid Bennu before returning sample to Earth CNN 1/30/2021 By Ashley Strickland, CNN © Goddard/University of Arizona/NASA This illustration shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft departing asteroid Bennu to begin its two-year journey back to Earth. A NASA spacecraft that took a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles away now has a plan to come back home. On May 10, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will leave the near-Earth asteroid Bennu and begin a nearly three-year journey back to Earth, NASA officials announced this week. The spacecraft, formally...

   A NASA spacecraft that took a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles (321 million kilometres) away now has a plan to come back home. On May 10, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will leave the near-Earth asteroid Bennu and begin a nearly three-year journey back to Earth, NASA officials announced this week. The spacecraft, formally known as the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, is carrying a hefty sample it collected from the asteroid's surface in October. The goal of the mission was to collect 60 grams or 2 ounces of material -- and ...

Jan. 27—NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu to bring back samples ends as the spacecraft begins its return to Earth. NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) rocket bid farewell to Bennu after gathering m