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A NASA Spacecraft is About to Land on an Asteroid – Micky News
Mission OSIRIS-REx is set to unravel the rubbles of an asteroid. It’s a mission that is 16 years in the making.
The University of Arizona spearheaded a NASA mission that aims to nest a spacecraft into an asteroid. The goal is to land the spacecraft into the Bennu asteroid and collect loose rubble from the former in a span of 10 seconds.
The attempt will start on Oct. 20, 5 in the afternoon EDT. The mission is called OSIRIS-REx, and the goal is to collect at least two ounces of loose rubble from asteroid Bennu and then abort it and get back to planet Earth.
A mission that took years
Though the plan migh…
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