A Massive Asteroid Is Heading Our Way And NASA Is Re-Routing An Old Spacecraft To Visit It - Forbes

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will swing by Earth to deliver a sample from asteroid Bennu in 2023. Its new extended mission is to visit the infamous Apophis asteroid as its comes uncomfortably close to Earth.

This mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in ... [+] close proximity to the asteroid for over two years. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Re… [+3231 chars]

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