NASA’s Osiris-Rex To Chase Down Near Earth Object

Osiris-Rex
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s long-running sample return mission to the asteroid Bennu has received a nine-year, $200 million extension and the promise of a new name, Osiris-Apophis Explorer (Osiris-Apex), as it travels to its second destination, Apophis, an asteroid that is to make a close approach to Earth in...
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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