OSIRIS-Rex returns a sample of asteroid Bennu!

Sun 24 September 2023
Asteroids + comets
On its way to Earth

See also https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/osiris-rex/in-depth/

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Having studied asteroid Bennu following its launch in 2016 and arrival at the asteroid in December 2018, OSIRIS-Rex is on its way back to drop off a sample of Bennu, before heading on as an extended mission to orbit and study asteroid Apophis in 2029, as mission OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer (OSIRIS-APEX).
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