OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to drop off samples of asteroid Bennu's surface in less than a year.
is scheduled to deliver samples from asteroid Bennu on September 24, 2023.
on May 10, 2021, the space agency announced on Friday. The first maneuver will have OSIRIS-REx pass Earth at a distance of about 1,367 miles , while the final correction155 miles from the surface. At that distance, the spacecraft will be able to safely drop off the samples.return surface materials from an asteroid such that it can be anazlyed in a lab.believed to have formed 4 billion years ago.
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