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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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