Near-Earth asteroid Bennu: NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will have a map for that

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 21:30 in Astronomy & Space

On Sept. 8, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to launch for terra incognita: the unknown surface of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Like expeditions of old, OSIRIS-REx's mission includes mapping the exotic terrain it explores.

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