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OSIRIS-REx and Bennu

What Touching an Asteroid Can Teach Us

Oct. 19, 2020

NASA will make history on Oct. 20 by attempting to grab a  sample from an asteroid. UArizona professor Dante Lauretta, principal investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission, discusses the significance.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom

Oct. 19, 2020
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Touch-and-go: US spacecraft sampling asteroid for return

Oct. 18, 2020
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx seeks to grab a piece of Asteroid Bennu

Oct. 16, 2020
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NASA probe will attempt to grab a piece of an asteroid on Tuesday

Oct. 16, 2020
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TAGSAM Sampler Head

Why Scooping a Sample from an Asteroid is Harder than it Looks

Oct. 15, 2020

Here's what will happen on Oct. 20, when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descends to asteroid Bennu to pick up a sample of pristine material from the formation of the solar system.

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What an asteroid could tell us about ancient Earth

Oct. 15, 2020
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NASA is getting ready to land on an asteroid that may hold the building blocks of life

Oct. 13, 2020
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NASA's OSIRIS-rex reveals secrets of 'rubble pile' asteroid Bennu ahead of daring heist

Oct. 8, 2020
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Blue Bennu

An Asteroid of a Different Color … and Other Secrets of Bennu Unlocked

Oct. 8, 2020

The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Before the spacecraft touches the surface, scientists are learning more about the material that makes up the asteroid.

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NASA gearing up for epic asteroid-sampling maneuver next month

Sept. 25, 2020
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OSIRIS-REx sample arm and Bennu surface

25 Days of 'O-REx'

Sept. 25, 2020

The UArizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to accomplish a first for NASA: collect a sample from a near-Earth asteroid and bring it back home. As the Oct. 20 collection date nears, here are 25 facts about the mission.

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