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[ad_1] The spacecraft’s sampling arm, called the Touch-And-Go Sampling Mechanism, over the target sampling site during a dress test in April. POT From NASA asteroid hunter Osiris-Rex It completed a key part of its mission this week by catching some rocks from the surface of the potentially dangerous asteroid Bennu, …

[ad_1] Two days after landing on the asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team received images on Thursday, October 22, confirming that the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of the main requirements of its mission: acquire at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of the material from …

[ad_1] NASA’s effort to grab a piece of an asteroid on Tuesday may have worked too well. The spacecraft, OSIRIS-REX, grabbed so much rock and dirt that some of the material is now leaking into space. The operation some 200 million miles from Earth on the other side of the …

[ad_1] NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft did its job too well Tuesday, when it tried to collect a handful of rocks from an asteroid named Bennu more than 200 million miles from Earth. The vehicle really grabbed too material with his robotic arm, jamming the cap onto the end of the open …

[ad_1] The mission canceled the mass measurement of the sample tomorrow to protect the sample and is now on track to save the sample as soon as possible. The spacecraft remains in good health and the mission is confident that the spacecraft has collected more than 60 grams of material. …

[ad_1] This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the run-up to the November vote. Regardless of how you cast your vote, you must admire this NASA astronaut who managed to cast your vote from space. Kate Rubins, who is currently on duty aboard the International Space Station, …

[ad_1] More than 60% of Americans say they always wear a mask in public, according to data compiled by the Institute for Health Assessment and Metrics (IHME) at the University of Washington. But more people will need to wear one if the US has any hope of mitigating its third …

[ad_1] Many in the United States are casting their votes for president before Election Day, November 3.Credit: Logan Cyrus / AFP / Getty There is only 11 days until the hard-contested US presidential election, although many Americans already cast their votes by mail and at select polling places. National polls …

[ad_1] PS5 PlateStation Ever since the two-tone PlayStation 5 was introduced, there has been a contingent of fans who wished Sony had stuck with the black of the past three generations. While it seems likely that Sony will release such a model eventually (and probably a smaller one, given its …

[ad_1] In the darkness and cold of deep space today, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin descended to the surface of an asteroid and touched it with its robotic arm to collect a sample of its rocky material. Although brief, the Touch-And-Go event, or TAG, took years to come …