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A mind-blowing photo fromNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has revealed the true distance between the Earth and the Moon. This astounding fact, shared on Reddit’s SpacePorn community, has left many ...
Space.com sat down with Dathon Golish from the OSIRIS-REx imaging team to talk about what it's like to photograph a space rock.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe has already had quite an eventful year. After initially arriving at the space rock known as Bennu in early December, the spacecraft ended 2018 by successfully ...
"I'm very pleased and excited to announce that the Virtual Telescope Project will try to share, in real-time, images of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft 12 hours before it releases its precious Sample ...
OSIRIS-REx’s next target, Apophis, also makes regular close approaches to Earth — but NASA has confirmed that this asteroid won’t be striking the planet on any of its next three approaches ...
The seven-year Osiris-Rex mission ended on Sunday with the return of regolith from the asteroid Bennu, which might hold clues about the origins of our solar system and life.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe captured photos during the release of its return capsule last month, preserving the historic moment for posterity. Those images, which the space agency released on ...
NASA lifted the lid of its OSIRIS-REx sample container, collected from millions of miles away on asteroid Bennu. The space agency photographed the contents inside.
Scientists finally began opening the rock sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx captured a treasure trove of material from the solar system’s earliest days.
OSIRIS-REx snapped photos of the Earth and moon during its “slingshot” around our planet and gave researchers another test run of what might happen when the spacecraft reaches the asteroid ...