Thu, 01/04/2024 - 12:35 Gizmodo Environment New mission, who dis? The spacecraft formerly known as OSIRIS-REx had an impromptu close encounter with the Sun as it follows a newly crafted route to a second asteroid, using one of its solar arrays for shade.Read more... Tags NASA, asteroid, Lockheed Martin, new frontiers program, osiris rex, Planetary Defense, daniella mendoza dellagiustina, technology internet, spacecraft, Environment, 101955 bennu, apophis, dani mendoza dellagiustina, dani mendoza, tagsam, 99942 apophis, meanings of minor planet names 129001130000 Source NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX Brushes the Sun on Its Way to New Asteroid Target