OSIRIS-REx

Send Your Sweetie An Out-Of-This-World Valentine

Looking for a cosmic way to say "I love you" this Valentine's Day? Let Mars, Pluto and Bennu help you…

6 years ago

Space Stories to Watch in 2016

Missions to Mars, Jupiter and asteroids are on tap in 2016. Back here on Earth, we may just see the…

6 years ago

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampling Probe Completes Instrument Install/Assembly, Enters ‘Test Drive’ Phase

OSIRIS-Rex, the first American spacecraft ever aimed at snatching pristine samples from the surface of an asteroid and returning them…

6 years ago

Why is it Tough to Land on a Comet?

Why is landing on a comet so difficult and what does this tell us about future missions to comets and…

6 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – April 24, 2015: Bas Lansdorp, CEO of Mars One

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Bas Lansdorp, CEO of Mars One Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Brian…

7 years ago

OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampler Enters Final Assembly

OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first ever spacecraft designed to collect and retrieve pristine samples of an asteroid for return to Earth has…

7 years ago

OSIRIS-REx: The Audacious Plan To Scoop An Asteroid And Fly Back To Earth

We've been super-excited about the Philae landing recently, the first soft landing on a comet. But imagine if the spacecraft…

7 years ago

Here’s Your Chance To Send A Message To An Asteroid

What's your vision for solar system exploration? And how cool would it be to send it literally into the solar…

7 years ago

If the Sun Were the Size of a Person, How Big Would an Asteroid Be?

I love anything that attempts to provide a sense of scale about the Solar System (see here and here for…

7 years ago

Hitch a Ride on the Next Mission to an Asteroid

NASA and the Planetary Society are teaming up to give everyone the opportunity tag along on the next mission to…

8 years ago