NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft bid farewell to asteroid Bennu on May 10, 2021, and started its two-year journey back to Earth. OSIRIS-REx is a sample-return […]
Two spacecraft have recently ventured to near-Earth asteroids to collect samples and return them to Earth for hands-on study: JAXA’s Hayabusa2 to Ryugu and NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, […]
The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 made a second touchdown on July 10 on the asteroid Ryugu. Photos from the spacecraft show views of Ryugu’s surface at touchdown and the nearby rock before and after the […]
We invite you to our Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion meeting entitled ‘Science of Primitive Asteroid Sample Return Missions’ on Friday, October 13th. The meeting will be held in the Royal Astronomical […]
We invite you to our Royal Astronomical Society Specialist Discussion meeting entitled ‘Science of Primitive Asteroid Sample Return Missions’ on Friday, October 13th. The meeting will be held in the […]