NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

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The spacecraft grabbed so much of the asteroid Bennu, its sample-collection device got jammed. Now the material is safe and sound. A series of images from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission show the ...

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OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to arrive at Bennu in two years, then spend a year surveying the asteroid before collecting a sample that will be returned to Earth for analysis.

Nearly two years after launch, the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission caught its first glimpse of the asteroid Bennu on Aug. 17 from 1.4 million miles away. The asteroid appeared as a ...

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Asteroids are usually grouped into three main types based on what they are made of: C-type, S-type and M-type.

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