NASA to Launch Asteroid-Sampling Mission in 3 Weeks
Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - 17:01
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is scheduled to lift off Sept. 8 from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. If all goes according to plan, the probe will return a pristine sample of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu to Earth in September 2023.