OSIRIS-REx will attempt to bring samples back from asteroid Bennu NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
鈥淏ennu or bust鈥 is one of the slogans of the OSIRIS-REx mission, and 鈥渂ust鈥 is officially off the table. On 3 December, the NASA spacecraft will arrive at its destination, the asteroid Bennu, after a two billion kilometre journey that took about two years.
鈥淭his is a milestone for our spacecraft team, because now we鈥檙e not just approaching Bennu, closing in on it, we鈥檙e at a part of the mission where we need to think about how we鈥檙e going to manoeuvre around the object,鈥 says Daniella DellaGiustina,…
