Post by sherlew99 on Jan 15, 2016 15:17:02 GMT -6
NASA
NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016
05.25.11
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 asteroid back to Earth.
NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Asteroid in 2016
05.25.11
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 asteroid back to Earth.
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If we've posted about this before I can't find it now. I started this thread so we can discuss the upcoming launch.
