UArizona cameras capture asteroid close-up during NASA’s OSIRIS-REx rehearsal

TUCSON, Ariz. — An OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona on April 14 according to UA News, brought the spacecraft within just over 200 feet of the surface of the asteroid Bennu – closer than ever before.During the maneuver, "the spacecraft engaged in a series of thruster burns and repositioning maneuvers to go through the exact same motions that planners mapped out for the mission's sample collection event, slated for late summer," according to U