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Ride shotgun with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe as it buzzes Bennu (video) – Space.com
Want to see what things are like on a space rock tens of millions of miles away from Earth? NASA has you covered.
Right now, the near-Earth asteroid Bennu
is about 180 million miles (290 million kilometers) away, and with it is a NASA spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx
. The probe will attempt a difficult goal this fall: snatching a piece of space rock to bring home to Earth.
So before the big day, OSIRIS-REx is practicing its moves and the resulting footage is just as cool as you’d expect from a…
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