NASA Spacecraft Lands Successfully In Utah With Largest Sample Collected From Asteroid Bennu
After seven years, a space voyage came to its climactic end. NASA capsule made a safe landing in the Utah desert of the United States. The capsule was carrying the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid in space. The capsule made a fiery final descent through the atmosphere of the Earth.
Sep 25, 2023, 15:55 PM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid Bennu
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured images of the sample collector head as it moved through several different positions.
Oct 24, 2020, 21:43 PM IST
Sunlight can crack rocks on asteroid Bennu, reveal OSIRIS-REx images
The images captured by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer) spacecraft have discovered that rocks on asteroid Bennu could crack as sunlight heats them up during the day and the rocks cool down at night.
Jun 10, 2020, 10:24 AM IST
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft gets ready for touchdown on asteroid Bennu's surface
World's premier space agency NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft mission is now ready for its long-awaited touchdown on the surface of asteroid Bennu to collect a chunk of space rock to bring home.
May 21, 2020, 11:31 AM IST
NASA selects sample collection site on asteroid Bennu
After grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu`s surface, the US space agency has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu.
Dec 13, 2019, 14:47 PM IST
NASA's asteroid sampling probe snaps picture of Earth
The picture shows the asteroid Bennu, top right, about 43 kilometres from the spacecraft, and the Earth and moon, bottom left, more than 110 million kilometres away.
Jan 10, 2019, 13:32 PM IST
First NASA probe to return asteroid sample reaches destination
OSIRIS-REx's mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
Dec 05, 2018, 12:23 PM IST
No movie style rescue, says NASA as Asteroid Bennu continues towards Earth
It is estimated that Bennu, which is the size of the Empire State Building, would unleash 1,200 megatons of energy on impact, 80,000 times that of the Hiroshima bomb.
Mar 17, 2018, 19:52 PM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx captures Earth in all its glory while on its way to Bennu – See pic
While whizzing past our home planet, the MapCam camera on the spacecraft looked towards Earth to capture a color composite image, which NASA has now released.
Sep 27, 2017, 09:44 AM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft lifts off to sample asteroid Bennu - Watch!
The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifted off at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Sep 09, 2016, 09:50 AM IST
