OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu

NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ldentification, Security, Regolith Explorer (0SIRIS-REX) Spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Oct. 20, 2020, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023. This well-preserved, ancient asteroid, known as Bennu, is currently more than 200 million miles (321 million kilometers) from Earth. Bennu offers scientists a window into the early solar system as it was first taking shape billions of years ago and flinging ingrediets that could have helped seed life on Earth. https://www.nasa.gov/ feature/goddard/.. Music: 'Event Horizon' by Jochen Reinhold Flach, via Universal Production Music Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center James Tralie (ADNET):
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