The asteroid Bennu’s brittle boulders may make grabbing a sample easier
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to collect material from the space rock
Almost two years after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx arrived at asteroid Bennu, scientists have completely mapped the asteroid. This false-color image of Bennu’s rocky surface provides clues to how solid its boulders are.
Univ. of Arizona, Goddard/NASA