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), contributed by the Canadian Space Agency, on NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. From Feb. 12-17 ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission launched in 2016 to collect samples of the asteroid Bennu and return them to Earth. ... Christina Richey holds a 3D-printed model of Bennu.

Take a trip inside the clean room with NASA's Osiris-Rex asteroid-sampling spacecraft ahead of its Sept. 8, 2016 launch. ... Christina Richey holds a 3D-printed model of Bennu.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx dropped off the Bennu asteroid sample last month. ... 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-REx mission has successfully returned from ... analyzed and reassembled them into a catalog of more than 300 terrain reference maps and trained a 3D shape model of the ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has been steadily progressing since the spacecraft arrived at the diamond-shaped space rock known as Bennu a few months back, but not … ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which arrived at Bennu after a two-year journey, is currently positioned about 12 miles above the surface of the asteroid. It recently sent back data indicating ...

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 ...