Osiris-REX enters close orbit around asteroid Bennu
- Wed 02 Jan 2019 10:58:PM
On 31 December , NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, 110 million kilometers away, carried out a single, eight-second burn of its thrusters - and entered into orbit around the asteroid Bennu, which thus became the smallest object ever to be orbited by a spacecraft.
Source: Osiris-REX enters close orbit around asteroid Bennu
Source: Osiris-REX enters close orbit around asteroid Bennu