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Inside OSIRIS-Rex’s Extraordinary Mission to Tag Asteroid Bennu I NOVA I PBS
On Tuesday, October 20, NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft successfully touched and collected a sample from the surface of asteroid Bennu—without a human at the controls.
Stream "Touching the Asteroid" here on YouTube to learn more: https://bit.ly/37AevVG
Can Humans Deflect an ASTEROID?
NASA’s new spacecraft mission DART will test scientists’ ability to deflect asteroids at risk of colliding with Earth and is scheduled to launch later this year, NASA wrote in an April press release.
“An impact on Earth doesn’t happen very often...
Orion: Trial By Fire
Winner of the 2015 Lone Star Emmy for Informational/Instructional Video.
NASA’s newest spacecraft, Orion, will be launching into space for the first time in December 2014, on a flight that will take it farther than any spacecraft built to carry...
NASA Lands Long-Awaited Asteroid Sample on Earth
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft grabbed a fistful of rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu and returned the sample to Earth, dropping a capsule in Utah. It could contain clues about the origins of our solar system....
Why Won't it Melt? How NASA's Solar Probe will Survive the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is heading to the Sun. Why won't the spacecraft melt?
Thermal Protection System Engineer Betsy Congdon (Johns Hopkins APL) outlines why Parker can take the heat.
Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/201...