US probe to touch down on asteroid Bennu on October 20

US probe to touch down on asteroid Bennu on October 20

Space Daily

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Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2020

After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday. Scientists hope the mission will help deepen our understanding of how planets formed and life began and provide insight on asteroids that could impact Earth. "Year

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