After nearly five years in space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from near-Earth asteroid Bennu University Communications and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Monday, May 10, 2021 at 1:23 p.m. Arizona time, the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its main engines full throttle for seven minutes – its most significant maneuver since it arrived at asteroid Bennu in 2018. The burn thrust the spacecraft away from the … [Read more...]