Space rocks
NASA's spacecraft, OSIRIS-REx, recently collected a sample from the asteroid Bennu with the help of ASU's Thermal Emission Spectrometer (OTES), which was built on the Tempe campus. In March, the spacecraft will head back to Earth with the sample, where it will ultimately be returned to the Utah desert.
Ask an Ambassador is a newly created program through ASU’s Leadership, Diplomacy and National Security Lab.
Crumbling roadways, aging pipes, limited access to high-speed internet: these are some of the infrastructural deficiencies facing the U.S., which scored a "C-minus" for infrastructure in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2021 report card.
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