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NASA launches OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect samples from Bennu asteroid :
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ), a US space agency has launched OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid 101955 Bennu and return to Earth . The spacecraft was launched onboard a United Launch Alliance ( ULA ) Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station .
Key Facts :
� OSIRIS-Rex stands for Origins , Spectral Interpretation , Resource Identification , Security-Regolith Explorer .
� It is an unmanned spacecraft and NASA ’ s first mission to collect samples from an asteroid and return to Earth . OSIRIS-Rex will travel for two years on a journey to Bennu , a near-Earth asteroid about the size of a small mountain .
� Primary aim of the mission : To study asteroid 101955 Bennu , a carbonaceous asteroid . Also to return a sample at least 60 grams dirt and debris from its surface and return to Earth in 2023 for detailed analysis . NASA scientists feel that the Bennu asteroid
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