OSIRIS-REx used a Tesla-esque navigation system to capture 4.5 billion-year-old regolith
NASA's novel sampler spacecraft relied on complex visual maps and inertial meters to figure its relation to the asteroid Bennu.
Source: yahoo.com
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What's next for NASA's asteroid samples? How 250g of the Bennu space rock could help to unravel the origins of life on Earth
On Sunday, a sample of the Bennu asteroid finally reached Earth, the culmination of a seven-year mission. Now, scientists will analyse the rock to reveal secrets about the origin of life.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
For the First Time Ever a Piece of Asteroid Landed in the U.S. Instead of Crashing
It's been a very long time coming, but finally a piece of an asteroid called Bennu reached the United States. It didn't do it as asteroids usua...
Source: autoevolution.com
OSIRIS-REx successfully returns asteroid sample to Earth
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered a sample of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. The capsule landed in Utah at 10:52 EDT on 24 October.
Source: skyatnightmagazine.com
NASA retrieves its 1st asteroid samples
NASA's first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.
Source: arkansasonline.com