Watch a NASA spacecraft touch down on asteroid Bennu
Touchdown. Earlier in October, NASA successfully collected rocky samples from asteroid Bennu, a relatively small, well-preserved space rock some 200 million miles from Earth. On Friday, NASA released footage of the spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, approaching and briefly touching down on the rubbly Bennu. The events, seen in the space agency’s tweet below, show OSIRIS-REx carefully descending to Bennu’s rock-strewn surface. The spacecraft collected over 60 grams, or about two ounces, of fine-grained material during the quick… Read More »Watch a NASA spacecraft touch down on asteroid Bennu