NASA Launches Spacecraft to Collect Largest Sample Yet from Asteroid
NASA is set to launch its most ambitious mission yet! In 2023, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will launch a journey to an asteroid called Bennu. Its mission is to collect and return a sample of the asteroid, which will be the largest sample ever returned from space. The spacecraft will collect more than two ounces of material from the asteroid and bring it back to Earth for study. By learning more about Bennu, scientists hope to gain a better understanding of how asteroids, and possibly life, formed early in our solar system.
source: Phys.org