Dust and rock samples from a distant asteroid (via the OSIRIS-REx mission last September) are being studied by scientists at NASA.
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Space Probe Will Fetch Asteroid Sample
A NASA mission to bring samples from an asteroid’s surface back to Earth could help scientists better understand how our solar system began. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sept. 8. The unmanned probe is on a […]
New Space Mission Will Study Asteroid In 2018
A new joint project between the Canadian and U.S. space agencies will bring a piece of the universe to Earth.
The goal of the mission, known as OSIRIS-REx*, is to study an asteroid.
NASA, working with the Canadian Space Agency, will send a spacecraft to Asteroid 1999 RQ36. A robotic arm will grab pieces of the asteroid.
The spacecraft will be launched in Sept. 2016 and it will reach the asteroid in 2018.
The asteroid will be studied and mapped for about six months in space and then the sample will be brought to Earth in 2023.
