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How asteroid Bennu caught NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft by surprise and nearly killed it along the...
Space via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA mass of gravel and dirt ejected from the surface of asteroid Bennu by the touchdown of NASA's...
Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoa close-up view of an asteroid in deep space LITTLETON, Colorado — As NASA's first mission to...
Year in space: Moon-to-Mars mission, asteroid sample retrieval and ‘rapid unscheduled disassemblies’...
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA helicopter long lines the capsule containing a sample collected from the Bennu asteroid as part of...
A treasure trove of pristine asteroid samples is arriving at Earth this weekend
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter 7 years in deep space, a NASA spacecraft is nearly home again with a delivery of precious...
Queen Rock legend Brian May launches Space.com astrophotography competition for signed copy of his...
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSir Brian May and NASA's OSIRIS-REx chief scientist Dante Lauretta challenge Space.com readers to...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule returns to Earth with a sample from the 'potentially hazardous' asteroid...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA capsule containing 2 ounces of rocky material from the "potentially hazardous" asteroid Bennu has...
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission almost bit the dust — then Queen guitarist Brian May stepped in
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn artist's illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft poised to land on the asteroid Bennu. On Sept....
An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOn Sunday, NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex mission will deliver a sample it collected from asteroid Bennu,...
Queen legend Brian May helped NASA ace its asteroid-sampling mission, new book reveals
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoQueen guitarist Brian May and the chief scientist of NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx mission...
Touchdown! NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission wrapped up Sunday with an asteroid sample return
Florida Today via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoUpdate: Touchdown of NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return capsule in the desert of Utah at 10:52...