NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft gets ready for touching asteroid Bennu for sample collection
NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft is getting ready for its final rehearsal before landing on the surface of asteroid Bennu to grab a sample from the surface of the space rock.
Aug 09, 2020, 09:22 AM 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
It's confirmed: NASA's OSIRIS-REx successfully executes first deep space maneuver
The engine burn sets up the spacecraft for an Earth gravity assist this fall as it continues its two-year journey to the asteroid Bennu.
Jan 18, 2017, 10:54 AM IST
NASA probe tests thrusters on journey to asteroid Bennu
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) thrusters for the first time last week in order to slightly adjust its trajectory on the outbound journey from Earth to Bennu.
Oct 11, 2016, 11:57 AM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft lifts off to sample asteroid Bennu - Watch!
The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifted off at 7:05 p.m. EDT Thursday from Cape Canaveral on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
Sep 09, 2016, 09:50 AM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft poised for sampling run to asteroid Bennu!(Watch trailer)
Bolted to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will lift off on September 8, 2016, at 7:05 p.m. EDT, from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Sep 08, 2016, 11:47 AM IST
NASA's asteroid sample return mission set for Thursday launch
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, is slated to lift off atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket Thursday at 7:05 p.m. EDT, from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Sep 07, 2016, 09:32 AM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to map surface of asteroid 'Bennu' – Watch video!
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, equipped with an instrument, will measure the spectral signatures of Bennu's mineralogical and molecular components.
Jul 26, 2016, 13:01 PM IST
