Nov. 1, 2016
DLA NewsWire
Fort Belvoir, Virginia —
Defense Logistics Agency Energy Aerospace Energy recently supported NASA’s first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid with a launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
The activity provided fuel and hydrazine required to launch the Atlas 5 rocket’s orbit of asteroid Bennu, where it retrieved 2 ounces of surface material before returning to Earth.