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OSIRIS-REx Collects Significant Amount of Asteroid

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Tom Patton
Oct 26, 2020
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Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team received images confirming that the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements – acquiring at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of the asteroid’s surface material.

“Bennu continues to surprise us with great science and also throwing…

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