NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record - OSIRIS-REx Mission

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record - OSIRIS-REx Mission

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record

By Lonnie Shekhtman

On Dec. 31, 2018, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft went into orbit around asteroid Bennu for the first time.