March 9, 2016 10:39 am -05
Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/09/osiris-rex-space-simulation-test/
NASA's asteroid explorer faces tests that simulate space
Before NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft can visit an asteroid to collect samples, it'll have to run a tough gauntlet. The probe is undergoing a 22-day thermal vacuum test that will see whether or not it can function in the unforgiving conditions of space...Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/09/osiris-rex-space-simulation-test/
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