The first task for OSIRIS-REx will be to fly over Bennu’s north pole, ... In the spring, the spacecraft will dive even closer to the asteroid to map its surface in unprecedented detail.

It’s only been about a week since NASA successfully inserted its OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe into orbit around the large space rock known as Bennu, after … ...

Bennu is about a third of a mile across, and the prominent boulder — nicknamed “Ben-Ben” — near the asteroid’s south pole is roughly 164 feet tall. Nov. 14 Checking the arm ...

Within the first month, OSIRIS-REx will perform flybys of Bennu's north pole, equator and south pole, dipping from between 19 to seven kilometres from the surface. This will give researchers a much ...

Now, at about 11.8 miles (19 kilometers) from Bennu's Sun-facing surface, OSIRIS-REx will begin a preliminary survey of the asteroid. The spacecraft will commence flyovers of Bennu's north pole ...

Data from the asteroid ‘101955 Bennu’ --- the prime science target for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission --- reveal ubiquitous amounts of water locked inside clays, the mission’s science team ...

The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, extended its 11-foot (3.35 m) robotic arm toward a flat patch of gravel near Bennu’s north pole and plucked the sample of rocks ...

Although grainy and pixelated, they start to paint a picture of this tiny asteroid. LAURETTA: We were able to map its shape and its rotation, ... Near the north pole of Bennu, ...

The seven-year Osiris-Rex mission ended on Sunday with the return of regolith from the asteroid Bennu, which might hold clues about the origins of our solar system and life.

The asteroid was named after an Egyptian deity in 2013 by a nine-year-old boy from North Carolina. Bennu is the ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation and rebirth. Why did OSIRIS-REx ...