Monday, May 10, 2021

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

Washington DC (SPX) May 11, 2021
After nearly five years in space, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. On Monday, May 10, at 4:23 p.m. EDT the spacecraft fired its main engines full throttle for seven minutes - its most significant maneuver si

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