They also used X-rays to create a 3D model of one of the particles to reveal its composition, revealing a “scientific treasure” of carbon and water content, said OSIRIS-REx principal ...

video: This three-dimensional view of asteroid Bennu was created by the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA ... Using this data, the OLA team created the 3-D model of Bennu's surface.

Christina Richey holds a 3D-printed model of Bennu. A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample-return mission into space from a pad at Cape Canaveral Air ...

Last month, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spaceship dropped off a sample ... according to NASA. A 3D computer model of one of the particles showed it contained a large amount of carbon and evidence of water.

NASA's pioneering OSIRIS ... OSIRIS-REx Altimetry Working Group (AltWG) processed, analyzed and reassembled them into a catalog of more than 300 terrain reference maps and trained a 3D shape ...

Nasa's Osiris-Rex mission has captured it in never-before ... whose lifelong interest in both outer space and 3D-imaging techniques helped the capsule find a safe landing site on Bennu's surface ...

Understanding the space within the Bennu space rocks is an important piece of the OSIRIS-Rex ... his videos showcase models he makes from scratch with a 3D printer. One of his creations, a scale ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft recently dropped off precious cargo — sending a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu tumbling through Earth’s atmosphere to land in the Utah desert.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scooped up a sample from asteroid Bennu in October 2020, and in May 2021 the spacecraft headed back to Earth to drop that sample off. This week. the spacecraft ...