Takes First Scientific Observations Of Asteroid Bennu
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has begun its science mission as it continues to approach near-Earth asteroid Bennu. Mission principal investigator Dante Lauretta, a professor of planetary science and cosmochemistry at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Tweeted "Big day for @OSIRISREx — we start our first science observations — searching for dust plumes around Bennu" on Tuesday.