NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 14:09
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NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft unfurled its robotic arm Tuesday, and in a first for the agency, briefly touched an asteroid to collect dust and pebbles from the surface for delivery to Earth in 2023.