This Aug. 11, 2020 photo shows the sampling arm of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during a rehearsal for an approach to the "Nightingale" sample site on the surface of the asteroid Bennu.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe is giving scientists an even better look at the surface of the space rock known as Bennu now that it’s moved … ...

A near-Earth asteroid named Bennu has a loosely packed surface similar to a pit of plastic balls, according to NASA scientists. A spacecraft collected a sample from the asteroid in October 2020 ...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission released its first photographs taken from just a mile above the surface of the asteroid Bennu.

Photo of Asteroid Bennu Taken by OSIRIS. Published: 31 Aug 2018, 13:27 ... the mission team will spend the next few months learning as much as possible about Bennu’s size, shape, surface ...

The spacecraft took these images on January 17 when it was only a mile (1.6 kilometers) above Bennu’s surface, using its NavCam 1 navigation camera, according to a NASA release.

The asteroid Bennu is really coming into focus for NASA's approaching OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx snapped eight photos of the 1,650-foot-wide (500 meters) Bennu on Monday (Oct. 29), when the ...

You can zoom in on photos posted to the NASA website to see more detail.. OSIRIS-REx's van-sized craft visited Bennu, scraped and collected material from the asteroid’s surface and sealed it ...

Bennu is a dark, carbon-rich asteroid just 1,722 feet (0.3 miles) across with a diamond-like shape. It's a potentially hazardous object with a 1-in-1,800 chance of impacting Earth between 2178 and ...

From there, it orbited Bennu, analyzing its surface to determine potential collection sites for the sample needed. The spacecraft eventually landed on the asteroid on October 20, 2020, and ...

Asteroid Bennu wasn’t what NASA expected. Instead of a smooth surface for sample collection, OSIRIS-REx encountered a chaotic, rocky terrain that made its mission incredibly difficult. This ...

A near-Earth asteroid named Bennu has a loosely packed surface similar to a pit of plastic balls, according to NASA scientists. A spacecraft collected a sample from the asteroid in October 2020 ...