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Tag: Asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft
Posted inNews, Science

Canada’s Role in OSIRIS-APEX, the Bonus Mission

by Marc BoucherAugust 12, 2024August 12, 2024

With the success of the OISRIS-Rex mission to asteroid Bennu, and with scientists studying the samples that were returned, the spacecraft has a new mission as OSIRIS-APEX, and Canada has […]

A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Sample material from asteroid Bennu can be seen on the middle right. Scientists have found evidence of both carbon and water in initial analysis of this material. The bulk of the sample is located inside. Image credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold.
Posted inNews, Science

OSIRIS-REx Sample Cracked Open, Does Not Disappoint

by Elizabeth HowellOctober 11, 2023October 11, 2023
This is an artist's concept of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft preparing to take a sample from asteroid Bennu. Image Credit: NASA/Goddard/Chris Meaney.
Posted inNews, Science

Canada Readies for Arrival of OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission Sample

by Elizabeth HowellSeptember 14, 2023September 14, 2023
OSIRIS-REx - Asteroid Bennu sample site finalists.
Posted inNews, Technology

Is asteroid mining closer to reality than previously thought?

by Craig BamfordJune 28, 2021September 14, 2023
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection
Posted inNews, Science

Top 10 Canadian space science stories of 2020

by Elizabeth HowellDecember 29, 2020January 23, 2021
OSIRIS-REx spacecraft Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection
Posted inNews, Science

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft performs flawless touch-and-go maneuver

by Marc BoucherOctober 24, 2020October 24, 2020
An OLA scan that was taken over 5.5 minutes and contains 3,342,748 measurements. Shadows are in areas that were not visible from the perspective of OLA.
Posted inNews, Science

Bennu asteroid’s history comes to light days before epic spacecraft landing

by Elizabeth HowellOctober 14, 2020October 14, 2020
Researchers have selected four locations on asteroid Bennu as candidates for sample collection
Posted inNews, Science

With a Canadian Assist OSIRIS-REx Scientists Have Selected Four Candidate Locations on Asteroid Bennu For Sample Collection

by Marc BoucherAugust 30, 2019August 30, 2019
3D Map of Asteroid Bennu
Posted inBusiness, News, Science

Canadian Instrument Creates First 3D Map of Asteroid Bennu

by Marc BoucherApril 6, 2019May 5, 2019
Astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons and CSA senior mission scientist Tim Haltigin answer your questions about asteroids
Posted inBusiness, News, Science

Let’s Talk Asteroids: Canadian Astronaut and a Senior Scientist Answer Your Questions

by Marc BoucherDecember 26, 2018May 5, 2019

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