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How to watch NASA OSIRIS-REx mission for Bennu asteroid samples – The Advertiser
How to watch NASA OSIRIS-REx mission for Bennu asteroid samples
NASA is attempting to land a spacecraft on an asteroid for the first time as a mission 16 years in the making reaches its nervous conclusion.The OSIRS-REx mission will attempt to collect samples from near-Earth asteroid Bennu on Wednesday.
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But it won’t be an easy landing.
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