NASA selects sample collection site on asteroid Bennu
After grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu`s surface, the US space agency has finally selected a sample collection site on asteroid Bennu.
Dec 13, 2019, 14:47 PM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft begins search for Earth's Trojan asteroids
The mission, currently on a two-year outbound cruise to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu, will spend almost two weeks searching for evidence of these small bodies, the US space agency NASA said on Thursday.
Feb 10, 2017, 14:57 PM IST
NASA's sample return mission to earth-bound asteroid 'Bennu': All you need to know!
As per NASA, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will lift off atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on September 8.
Aug 08, 2016, 14:29 PM IST
NASA's spacecraft set to explore giant asteroid that could destroy Earth
The asteroid, named Bennu, can indeed strike us and and cause massive destruction after being dislodged by a gravitational pull.
Aug 01, 2016, 10:40 AM IST
