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After sampling a near-Earth asteroid and leaving our mark on its surface, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft takes final snapshots of its two-year companion before beginning the journey home.

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Student-Led Initiative Will Launch Satellites as 'Ambassadors for World Peace'

Dec. 15, 2021

The University of Arizona has joined a collaboration with Space Trust – a nongovernmental organization based in the United Kingdom – and the University of Nairobi in Kenya to develop a series of Earth-orbiting spacecraft built by university students.

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Highly Porous Rocks Responsible for Bennu's Surprisingly Craggy Surface

Oct. 5, 2021

Using data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, a UArizona-led team of scientists concluded that asteroids with highly porous rocks, such as Bennu, should lack fine-grain material on their surfaces.

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OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

Aug. 10, 2021

NASA and UArizona scientists were able to significantly reduce uncertainties about asteroid Bennu's orbit and determine the likelihood of the asteroid impacting Earth between now and the year 2300.

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Bennu in the News

#ToBennuAndBack

Student-Led Initiative Will Launch Satellites as 'Ambassadors for World Peace'

Highly Porous Rocks Responsible for Bennu's Surprisingly Craggy Surface

OSIRIS-REx Improves Understanding of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids