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 / Modified oct 23, 2020 3:37 p.m.

OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid tag historic moment for NASA

The mission's principal investigator discusses the next steps.
by Kassandra Lau

The University of Arizona-led mission to bring an asteroid sample to Earth crossed another milestone this week. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully made contact with the asteroid Bennu in a brief maneuver to collect its sample. Soon after the event, Christopher Conover spoke to principal investigator Dante Lauretta about the mission’s next steps.

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