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Sept. 26 marks 25 days until the Touch-And-Go, or TAG, sample collection event, after which the spacecraft will stow the sample for its return to Earth on Sept. 24. 2023. To celebrate the historic moment, UANews is counting down the 25 Days of "O-REx" with 25 facts.
A historic moment is on the horizon for the University of Arizona-led NASA OSIRIS-REx mission. In just a few weeks, the robotic OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface, touch down for a few seconds and collect a sample of the asteroid's rocks and dust – marking the first time NASA has grabbed pieces of an asteroid, which will be returned to Earth for study.
NASA will hold a media teleconference to provide an update on the agency's first attempt to make contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu and collect a sample next month.
Bits of the asteroid Vesta have been found on the mission's target asteroid Bennu, highlighting the variety of asteroids in the solar system and what it says about its evolution.
UArizona researchers have been busy building a testbed that essentially consists of a miniature-sized active stand-in for the Giant Magellan Telescope's seven-piece primary mirror.
Dragonflies, mayflies and caddisflies may be small, but their appearance could signal a big comeback for the beleaguered rivers of the American Southwest.
Molecular clock analysis showed no widespread community distribution of the highly contagious coronavirus in Arizona until mid-February.
The gravitational push and pull by Jupiter's moons could account for more warming than the gas giant Jupiter alone, through a process called tidal heating.
Early interventions were effective at stamping out infections, but subsequent travel allowed the virus to ignite major outbreaks in Europe and North America, a new study finds.
While studying the asteroid Bennu up close, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft witnessed periodic outbursts of material being kicked up from the surface. Scientists detail the observations in a new collection of research papers.
