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Here’s the Video of NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex Landing on an Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
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October 22, 2020
Here’s the Video of NASA’s OSIRIS-Rex Landing on an Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
The OSIRIS-REx mission has proven once again that when humankind sets out to do something and works hard towards that…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Takes Close-Up Video Of Asteroid Bennu 100 Million Kilometers Away
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April 17, 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Takes Close-Up Video Of Asteroid Bennu 100 Million Kilometers Away
NASA has released images (vide) of its first flyby test of the sample collection event on asteroid Bennu, an asteroid…
NASA’s Osiris-REx Spacecraft Reaches Asteroid Bennu and is Set to Collect Surface Samples
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December 3, 2018
NASA’s Osiris-REx Spacecraft Reaches Asteroid Bennu and is Set to Collect Surface Samples
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has reached the asteroid Bennu after a two-year-long journey through space, after blasting off from Cape Canaveral Air Force…
NASA Spacecraft Gathers Enough Surface Material From Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
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October 24, 2020
NASA Spacecraft Gathers Enough Surface Material From Asteroid 320 Million Km Away
NASA has recently managed to successfully land—for a few seconds—a spacecraft on the surface of an asteroid some 320 million…
NASA Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Asteroid 324 Million Km Away Gathering Soil Samples
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October 21, 2020
NASA Spacecraft Successfully Lands on Asteroid 324 Million Km Away Gathering Soil Samples
NASA has achieved yet another fascinating historical milestone as the OSIRIS-REx mission managed to successfully land on the surface of…
A NASA Spacecraft Is About To Land on an Asteroid 334 Million Kilometers From Earth
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October 19, 2020
A NASA Spacecraft Is About To Land on an Asteroid 334 Million Kilometers From Earth
The countdown has begun for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to land on asteroid Bennu, a massive space rock zooming through the…
2 Different Asteroids Visited by 2 Different Spacecraft Were Probably Part of the Same Asteroid
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May 29, 2020
2 Different Asteroids Visited by 2 Different Spacecraft Were Probably Part of the Same Asteroid
There are two interesting asteroids currently being explored and studied by astronomers. One is asteroid Ryugu, and the other one…
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
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May 15, 2020
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
While attention on Earth is focused on containing the new coronavirus pandemic, a NASA researcher and ex-collaborator has expressed concern…
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid To Safely Pass Earth on Wednesday
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April 28, 2020
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid To Safely Pass Earth on Wednesday
An asteroid that appears to be wearing a protective mask as it travels across the solar system is set to…
2 Inches Per-Pixel: Here’s An Unprecedented High-Res Map of Asteroid Bennu
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March 28, 2020
2 Inches Per-Pixel: Here’s An Unprecedented High-Res Map of Asteroid Bennu
Scientists from the OSIRIS-REx mission have produced a global map of asteroid Bennu’s surface. At 2 inches (5 centimeters) per…
NASA Spacecraft Spies Black Hole Located 30,000 Light Years Away
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March 3, 2020
NASA Spacecraft Spies Black Hole Located 30,000 Light Years Away
A NASA spacecraft currently orbiting a distant asteroid in our solar system has caught an unexpected yet stunning glimpse at…
NASA Claims No Known Asteroid Will Impact Earth in at Least 100 Years
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August 23, 2019
NASA Claims No Known Asteroid Will Impact Earth in at Least 100 Years
We can all relax, at least for now. Despite the numerous warnings in tabloids around the world that an asteroid…
26 Distinct Regions on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko are Named After Ancient Egyptian Gods
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May 10, 2019
26 Distinct Regions on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko are Named After Ancient Egyptian Gods
With an orbital period of 6.45 years, Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is a Jupiter-Family Comet, originating from the Kuiper belt, the outermost…
NASA Scientists Shocked by ‘Plumes Erupting From Asteroid Bennu’s Surface’
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March 20, 2019
NASA Scientists Shocked by ‘Plumes Erupting From Asteroid Bennu’s Surface’
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently in orbit around Asteroid Bennu, as it continues to analyze and study the enigmatic asteroid.…
Watch Video as Japanese Spacecraft Touches Down on Asteroid and Fires a Projectile Into It
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March 6, 2019
Watch Video as Japanese Spacecraft Touches Down on Asteroid and Fires a Projectile Into It
A video captured by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2, broadcast by the Japanese space agency (JAXA), shows the moment when the…
NASA’s Spacecraft Takes Image of Asteroid’s Surface 1.4 Billion Miles From Earth
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January 30, 2019
NASA’s Spacecraft Takes Image of Asteroid’s Surface 1.4 Billion Miles From Earth
Here’s your chance to take a peek at asteroid Bennu in unprecedented, never-before-seen images. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has revealed the…
China’s Chang’e 4 Mission publishes Spectacular, Never-Before-Seen Images of Earth and the Moon
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January 8, 2019
China’s Chang’e 4 Mission publishes Spectacular, Never-Before-Seen Images of Earth and the Moon
The Year 2018 has been a fantastic year for space exploration. NASA has landed a brand-new spacecraft on the surface…
Here’s a View of Earth and the Moon from Asteroid Bennu, 111 Million Kilometers Away
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January 7, 2019
Here’s a View of Earth and the Moon from Asteroid Bennu, 111 Million Kilometers Away
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) mission has captured an image that shows the Earth and…
NASA Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Water on Asteroid Bennu
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December 11, 2018
NASA Spacecraft Finds Evidence of Water on Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just arrived at Bennu on December 3 (SN Online: 12/3/18). Already, the spacecraft is reporting incredible discoveries. OSIRIS-REx stands…
Will 500-Meter-Wide Asteroid Bennu Collide with Earth and Wipeout Mankind?
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December 6, 2018
Will 500-Meter-Wide Asteroid Bennu Collide with Earth and Wipeout Mankind?
Asteroid Bennu is a massive space rock that has a chance to one day impact the Earth, creating a catastrophic chain reaction that could…
NASA is About to Land on an Apocalypse Asteroid Which Could Impact Earth Next Century
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December 3, 2018
NASA is About to Land on an Apocalypse Asteroid Which Could Impact Earth Next Century
December 3, 2018, marks the date when NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe will commence the final stage of its journey towards Bennu,…