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In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from Earth.

As part of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft not only spent ... a capsule containing the pristine asteroid sample returned to Earth, landing in the Utah desert in the United States.

Once there, the spacecraft orbited the asteroid for nearly two years as flight engineers searched for a landing site. Upon making contact with the space rock, OSIRIS-REx fired a burst of nitrogen ...

Environmentalists in Thailand expressed their disappointment on Tuesday (February 11) after U.S. President Donald Trump ...

The asteroid Bennu contains all the materials needed for life. This backs up an old hypothesis that the building blocks of life came to Earth on an asteroid.

Official portrait of NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free, taken on Nov. 22, 2024, at the agency's headquarters in ...

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free retires after 30+ years, leaving a legacy of leadership in space exploration.

“NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook ... to Earth ended with a gentle touchdown in Utah's desert. The landing spot, at a military testing range, was chosen because ...

NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free announced Wednesday his retirement, effective Saturday, Feb. 22. As associate ...

These will be the touch-and-go (TAG) approach used by both NASA’s OSIRIS-REx and JAXA’s Hayabusa2, and an anchor-and-attach system featuring drills at the tips of landing legs. Early proposals ...