NASA’s OSIRIS-REx was so good at grabbing asteroid rocks that | Great Space
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx was so good at grabbing asteroid rocks that they’re overflowing
OSIRIS-REx’s mission is to bring a sample of asteroid material back to Earth so that scientists can study the rocks in a lab. But because OSIRIS-REx bit off more than it could chew, its mission team is racing to stow the sample inside the spacecraft’s belly, so the vehicle doesn’t lose too much material to the void.
