The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific ...
On Friday the 13th (yes, really) of April 2029, Earth will avoid an apocalyptic event by an astronomical hair’s breadth as the asteroid Apophis, streaks by. It will come closer to Earth than the Moon ...
The American Apophis Strategy is simple, powerful, and cost-effective: keep OSIRIS-APEX on track and unleash Janus through a public-private partnership. This would put the U.S. in the lead — not just ...
The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...
In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition to the information about the universe gleaned from the sample itself, ...
Scientists have identified life’s key ingredients and signs of the stew needed to mix them in asteroid samples brought back to Earth by a University of Arizona-led space mission. The rocks and dust ...
The OSIRIS-REx capsule has been located. The OSIRIS-REx helicopter team has confirmed the location of the capsule containing the Bennu asteroid sample. The capsule touched down at about 10:52AM ET.
TEMPE, AZ, UNITED STATES, July 1, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- KinetX Aerospace, Inc., the first private company to provide interplanetary navigation for NASA, has been ...