Osprey

A NASA spacecraft is poised to snag the largest sample of rocks from an asteroid ever

An artistic rendering of OSIRIS-REx about to collect a sample from an asteroid named Bennu.Image: NASA OSIRIS-REx is about to perform its signature feat Tomorrow, a US spacecraft more than 200 million miles from Earth will sneak up to an asteroid larger than the Empire State Building and snag a handful of rocks from its… Read more

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