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OSIRIS-REx will attempt its first asteroid sample collection next month – Yahoo Finance Australia
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will touch down on asteroid Bennu to collect space rocks on October 20th.
NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is almost ready to touch down on the asteroid Bennu, NASA announced today. On October 20th, OSIRIS-REx will make its first attempt at collecting a sample of the asteroids rocks and dust. This will be the first time NASA has collected pieces of an asteroid and the largest sample return from space since the Apollo program.
OSIRIS-REx is about the size of a large van, and it will touch down in a sampling area that is about the size of a few parking spaces 52 feet in dia…
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