NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Releases Asteroid Sample Capsule for Landing on Earth
Doppler data indicates that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released its sample capsule toward Earth at 6:42 a.m. EDT (4:42 a.m. MDT), as planned, from 63,000 miles…
Doppler data indicates that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft released its sample capsule toward Earth at 6:42 a.m. EDT (4:42 a.m. MDT), as planned, from 63,000 miles…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning from asteroid Bennu with a sample, set to land on Earth on September 24. ESA’s telescope captured the spacecraft 2.90…
A weather briefing today predicted a dry September 24 with low winds. These are optimal conditions for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample recovery team: A wet and…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters to adjust its trajectory to refine its sample capsule’s landing location on Earth, set for September 24, targeting the…
NASA’s Johnson Space Center will reveal the US’s first asteroid sample from the seven-year OSIRIS-REx mission on October 11. This sample will provide insights into…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will release an asteroid sample capsule this September, aiming for a landing in the Great Salt Lake Desert, with teams ready to address…
Here’s How the September 24 Asteroid Sample Delivery Will Work Early morning on Sunday, September 24, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s sample capsule will come face-to-face with…
On September 10, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft briefly fired its ACS (attitude control system) thrusters to point itself toward Earth, putting it on course to release…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft provides its first glimpse of asteroid Dinkinesh. Over a span of two months, Lucy will get closer, testing its systems before a…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is set to return the first U.S. asteroid sample to Earth in September after a successful mockup drop test in Utah’s West…
ESA’s asteroid defense mission, Hera, has been successfully assembled at OHB Bremen in Germany. Hera is complete. ESA’s asteroid mission for planetary defense was built…
ESA’s Juventas CubeSat will house the smallest space radar, JuRa, for the Hera mission, aiming to image inside the asteroid Dimorphos. Developed by IPAG and…
“Behind the Spacecraft” is a series of short videos that offer glimpses of the people who’ve helped make this upcoming journey to a metal-rich asteroid…
The finding of minute salt particles in an asteroid sample retrieved by the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft suggests that the presence of liquid water might be…
Shading Earth: An Innovative Solar Shield Tethered to an Asteroid to Combat Climate Change Earth is rapidly warming and scientists are developing various methods to…
The Psyche mission is speeding toward its October 5 launch date, preparing for the last of its launch-preparation milestones. Robotically unfurling in a clean room…
HelioLinc3D, a next-generation asteroid discovery algorithm developed for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming sky survey, has identified its first “potentially hazardous” asteroid, 2022 SF289….
Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral are preparing the Psyche spacecraft for liftoff, which is slated for October 5. With less than 100 days remaining…