Sunday, May 29, 2011

NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016

NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016
WASHINGTON, May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will launch a spacecraft to an asteroid in 2016 and use a robotic arm to pluck samples that could better explain our solar system's formation and how life began. The mission, called Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an ...

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