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NASA is almost ready to touch down on asteroid Bennu and grab a sample – Digital Trends
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx has performed its final practice run ahead of its planned touch down on asteroid Bennu.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been investigating asteroid Bennu since it arrived there in 2018, sharing pictures of the distant body. But the craft didn’t just travel there to snap photos — it will also touch down onto the surface of the asteroid and take a sample to be returned to Earth.
This week, OSIRIS-REx performed its final practice run ahead of its planned touchdown. The rehearsal took four hours, during which NASA engineers checked that the spacecraft could perform its functions as i…
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