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OSIRIS-REx Breaks Record: Smallest Object Ever Orbited by Spacecraft

The University of Arizona-led spacecraft OSIRIS-REx celebrated New Years its own way, by entering into orbit with the asteroid Bennu. When OSIRIS-REx completed its first orbit of the 1,614-foot long spherical asteroid, Bennu became the smallest celestial object ever orbited by a human spacecraft. “The team continued our long string of successes by executing the orbit-insertion […]

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