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NASA Probe Is Leaking Precious Asteroid Samples Back Into Space
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft appears to be leaking tiny bits of Bennu, following a successful attempt to collect surface samples from the asteroid. Engineers blame a jammed lid for what NASA is calling a minor problem.
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NASA’s New View Of Asteroid Bennu Transports Us Far Away From Our Troubles
To prepare for OSIRIS-REx’s pending touchdown onto the surface of Bennu, NASA used the spacecraft to photograph every nook and cranny of the weirdly shaped asteroid. The purpose of this exercise was to catalogue potentially hazardous geological features, but a side benefit is that we have a gorgeous new view of the asteroid’s tortured surface.
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New Images Show Asteroid Bennu Spewing Bits Of Itself Into Space
Images taken by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft are helping scientists to understand why small particles are occasionally flying off the surface of Bennu, a nearly spherical asteroid that resembles a spinning top.
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The Newest Pictures Of Asteroid Bennu Are Unreal
The asteroid-orbiting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has released some of its most detailed images yet of its target, the asteroid Bennu. And they’re breathtaking.