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OSIRIS-REx Bringing Asteroid Samples To Earth - NASA Explains
NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...
Time-Lapse Orbit Animation Of OSIRIS-APEX's Epic Journey To Asteroid Apophis
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
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Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? New $3 billion private plan would haul home Red Planet rocks (video)
The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.
NASA's Doomed Mars Sample Return Mission Sees Hope In $3B Offer From Lockheed Martin
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin has proposed a new, relatively cheaper plan that could save NASA's Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...
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Expert says rocket could deflect near-Earth asteroid in 2032
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has small chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032 The space rock is between 131 feet (40 meters) to 295 feet (90 meters) or a little less than the ...