NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return spacecraft encountered trouble with its Canadian-made laser altimeter Feb. 11 as it made a close survey of a possible sample selection site on the asteroid Bennu. The issue surfaced as the probe descended from its 1.2-km (0.75-mi.)-high orbit around Bennu for...
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