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OSIRIS-REx near asteroid Bennu - Artwork

author: Nasa/GSFC/Novapix

reference: e-son36-00001

Image Size 300 DPI: 48 * 18 cm

OSIRIS-REx will travel to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu and bring a small sample back to Earth for study. The mission is scheduled to launch Sept. 8, 2016. As planned, the spacecraft will reach its asteroid target in 2018 and return a sample to Earth in 2023.

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2016 - ASTEROID - BENNU - ILLUSTRATION - NEAR-EARTH OBJECT - OSIRIS-REX - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -