NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft To Visit Another Near-Earth Asteroid, Apophis - SciTechDaily

The extended mission, dubbed OSIRIS-APEX, will study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which will have a close encounter with Earth in 2029. On September 24, 2023, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will fly by Earth to deliver a sample from the asteroid Bennu. However…

ByMikayla Mace Kelley, University of ArizonaApril 27, 2022 This is an artists illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft firing thrusters near the surface of the asteroid Apophis. Credit: Heather Rop… [+6162 chars]

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