NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 - 10:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft completed its 1.2 billion-mile (2 billion-kilometer) journey to arrive at the asteroid Bennu Monday. The spacecraft executed a maneuver that transitioned it from flying toward Bennu to operating around the asteroid.