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OSIRIS-REx near asteroid Bennu - Artwork

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Nasa/GSFC/Novapix

Reference

e-son36-00001

Date

2016-08-07

OSIRIS-REx will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu and bring a small sample back to Earth for study. The mission is scheduled to launch Sept. 8, 2016. As planned, the spacecraft will reach its asteroid target in 2018 and return a sample to Earth in 2023.