Science
NASA will ‘fist bump’ an asteroid to reveal the Solar System’s secrets – Nature.com
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to execute a nail-biting manoeuvre to scoop up rock samples and send them back to Earth.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is set to sample the diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu.Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
NASA is about to grab its first-ever taste of an asteroid. On 20 October, some 334 million kilometres from Earth, the agencys OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will approach a dark-coloured, diamond-shaped asteroid named Bennu, with the aim of touching its surface for a few seconds long enough to hoover up a collection of dust and pebbles. If successful, the spacecraft will then fly th…
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