Osiris-Rex Rehearses Asteroid Landing Maneuvers

Orisis-Rex
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Osiris-Rex, NASA’s first-ever asteroid sample return mission, successfully carried out a 4-hr. series of spacecraft maneuvers and deployments on April 14, preliminary data show. The rehearsal was executed to practice the critical early stages of operations planned for late August, when...
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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