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NASA’s first asteroid sample-return mission grabbed so much of Bennu that debris jammed the collector’s lid and the sample began leaking into space — engineers ru…

OSIRIS-REx flew hundreds of millions of miles to do something NASA had never done: bring a piece of an asteroid home. The ...
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NASA explains why asteroid Bennu’s surface is so rugged and jagged

NASA scientists say they have finally pinned down why asteroid Bennu looks so jagged and chaotic up close. Images and measurements from the OSIRIS-REx mission show that relentless sunlight, swinging ...
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NASA mission successfully touches down on asteroid Bennu

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NASA invites public to send their artwork to asteroid Bennu

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx will travel to the asteroid called 101955 Bennu, and using a robotic arm, pluck samples from ...