Osiris-Rex Team Probes Altimeter Issue At Asteroid Bennu

Laser altimeter
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Debbie McCallum /NASA
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...
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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