Record Breaker! NASA Probe Slips into Orbit Around Asteroid Bennu

Monday, December 31, 2018 - 17:30 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx probe has begun circling its space-rock target, setting a new record for the smallest body ever orbited by a spacecraft.

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