It’s Been 2 Months. Why Can’t NASA Open the Asteroid Sample Container?
In September, fragments of a near-Earth asteroid were carefully dropped off in the Utah desert. The space rocks hold clues to the origin of the solar system and can possibly…
NASA Discovers Root Cause of Parachute Glitch in Asteroid Sample Landing
Inconsistent labels in the OSIRIS-REx landing plans are what caused the out-of-order parachute deployment during the return capsule’s descent to Earth on September 24, NASA stated in a release yesterday.…
Bennu Asteroid Samples Expected to ‘Fundamentally’ Shift Our Perspective on Cosmic Life
We’ve all been there: You’re getting some peanut butter, or looking to nosh a nice pickle, when you find your wrist strength is insufficient to get at the jar’s delicious…
Pieces of Asteroid Bennu Land at the Smithsonian After 200 Million Mile Voyage
After traveling through space for 200 million miles, rocky pieces from asteroid Bennu were dropped off on Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in late September. Now, some of those fragments…
NASA’s Lucy Probe Phones Home From 49-Million-Mile Journey to Asteroid
The Lucy spacecraft is on a 12-year journey to visit eight different asteroids, and it’s almost caught up with the first space rock on its checklist. Are Fans Tired of…
NASA to Reveal What’s Inside the Asteroid Canister: Live Stream
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return lid opening at Building 31 Astromaterials Curation Facility.Photo: NASA After being dropped off on Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, pieces of asteroid Bennu will be revealed…
Video Shows NASA Probe Dispatching Asteroid Sample Capsule to Earth
A view from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it dropped off its sample canister on September 24.Gif: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin Totally Killer Exclusive Clip Off English The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft…
NASA Fixes Psyche Spacecraft’s Thruster Issue Just in Time for Launch
NASA’s mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on track after a minor setback. Psyche is now all set to launch on October 12. NASA Delays Return to Earth’s Evil…
A Look Back at the Best Spaceflight Images From September
A new way to view the Sun Off English A new way to view the Sun Scientists adapted a camera on the Solar Orbiter probe to investigate seldom-seen areas of…
Scientists Spot Black Dust and Debris on Canister Containing Asteroid Sample
Following a nearly three-year journey through space, the canister containing samples from asteroid Bennu has finally been opened. Meet Microsoft’s New Surface Laptops Off English The OSIRIS-REx mission team removed…