Coming to our solar system soon: A rendezvous with an asteroid named Bennu

Coming to our solar system soon: A rendezvous with an asteroid named Bennu

BOULDER -- A group of University of Colorado-Boulder researchers is readying for NASAs Sept. 8 launch of a spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu, thought to harbor primordial material... Read More

Friday September 2, 2016 Tags: Boulder, CU-Boulder, Daniel Scheeres, NASA, OSIRIS REx, Jay McMahon, Paul Sanchez, Siamak Hesar, Daniel Brack, Samantha Rieger

Lockheed Martin assembling NASA spacecraft to collect asteroid samples and return them to Earth

Lockheed Martin assembling NASA spacecraft to collect asteroid samples and return them to Earth

DENVER - In a clean room facility near Denver, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) technicians are assembling a NASA spacecraft that will collect samples of an asteroid for scientific study. ... Read More

Friday April 3, 2015 Tags: Denver, Littleton, Lockheed Martin, NASA, OSIRIS REx, Rich Kuhn

NASA picks ULA's Atlas V rocket to launch OSIRIS REx asteroid exploration

NASA picks ULA's Atlas V rocket to launch OSIRIS REx asteroid exploration

DENVER - NASA announced it selected Colorado-based United Launch Alliance's Atlas V vehicle to launch the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS... Read More

By: InnovatioNews Wednesday August 7, 2013 Tags: Atlas V, Denver, Jim Sponnick, NASA, OSIRIS REx