NASA Celebrates Initial Osiris-Rex Scientific Results

The outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector.

Credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold
HOUSTON—Samples from the asteroid Bennu returned to Earth less than three weeks ago by NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission already are paying scientific dividends that promise to help explain how life began on Earth and better predict whether similar objects pose a future impact threat. NASA and the...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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