Osiris-Rex Completes Second Asteroid Sample Return Rehearsal
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Initial data from NASA’s Osiris-Rex mission spacecraft indicate the probe successfully left its low orbit over the asteroid Bennu on Aug. 11 to carry out a 4 1/2-hr. second close-approach rehearsal in preparation for a brief landing to gather surface material for return to Earth. Launched...
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