Touchdown! Nasa’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft makes historic landing on asteroid to collect rock samples

Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1 A Nasa spacecraft has made an historic touchdown on an asteroid, dodging boulders the size of buildings to collect samples from its surface. The Osiris-Rex sent back confirmation of its contact with asteroid Bennu more than 200 million miles away, drawing cheers from the mission team. It momentarily touched asteroid’s surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/osirisrex-asteroid-bennu-touchdown-a4572364.html