Osiris-Rex Successfully Touches Down On Asteroid

Mark Carreau October 21, 2020
Osiris
Osiris-Rex has attempted to collect a sample from Bennu's surface.
Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
HOUSTON—Flying autonomously more than 208 million mi. from Earth, NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft made brief, successful contact with the boulder-strewn surface of the asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20, according to data from the probe received by the mission operations and science teams at 6:13 p.m. EDT. 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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