NASA’s Osiris-Rex Brakes For Asteroid Approach
HOUSTON—NASA’s near-Earth asteroid-bound Osiris-Rex spacecraft braked propulsively for a third time this month on Oct. 29, slowing a so-far coast-is-clear approach to its sample return target, Bennu. Bennu is an aged, 1,640-ft.-wide, spherical near-Earth object believed to be laced with life...
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