OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid

OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid

Space Daily

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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2020

NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx,) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023. This well-preserved, ancient asteroid, known as Bennu, is currently more than 200 million miles (321 mil

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