Where is the best place to collect a surface sample from asteroid Bennu? Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
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X marks the spot: NASA selects site for asteroid sample collection
After a year scoping out asteroid Bennu’s boulder-scattered surface, the team leading NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has officially selected a sample collection site. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-12-nasa-site-asteroid-sample.html…
Engineers pull off daring rescue of OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission
On Friday, Oct. 11, the OSIRIS-REx team should have been preparing to point their spacecraft cameras precisely over the asteroid Bennu to capture high-resolution images of a region known as Osprey. It is one of four sites scientists are considering from which the spacecraft can safely collect a sample in late 2020. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-12-osiris-rex-asteroid-mission.html…