NASA’s Osiris-Rex Takes Closest Look Yet At Bennu

Artist's concept of Osiris-Rex.
Credit: NASA
NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return spacecraft descended to its lowest altitude yet over the asteroid Bennu earlier this week to gather high-resolution imagery of its primary sample collection site. During the 5-hr. March 3 flyover of the 500-m (1,640-ft.) planetary object, Osiris-Rex departed...
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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