Watch: NASA releases images of probe touching down asteroid Bennu

NASA has released images of its OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft collecting a sample of dust on an asteroid, more than 321 million km away from Earth.

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17 comments

  1. There is population who haven’t got a clue of what science is capable of doing. At one time TB, polio, small pox, typhoid, and other organisms were fatal to humans. Now they are almost entirely gone.

    But there are those who would rather believe in unsubstantiated conspiracy theories than in the truth. No wonder there is a Reality TV (oxymoron) president.

    1. @Marlene Eisnor can do it in the 60s but not 2020 makes sense not like technology has progressed or anything . Lol

  2. Nice animations but what is the return trip fuel source? No corrections will be required? sling shot back? Vague Nasa never a straight answer like Orion team admitting the Van Allen belt has to be studied before heading back to the moon.

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