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Later this year, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will deliver a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth for study. The mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth. Before the spacecraft’s arrival at asteroid Bennu in Dec. 2018, scientists thought the asteroid’s surface would be smooth, consisting of just fine-grained material, but instead found a rugged world, littered with huge boulders. Thank

3.2K views · 42 reactions | NASA has released the first pictures from the asteroid Bennu. The pictures were taken on Tuesday (10/20) during the OSIRIS-REx mission's Touch-And-Go sample collection event. The NASA spacecraft touched down on the asteroid surface at sample site Nightingale for approximately six seconds. Check out this loop of images. | KTVN 2 News | Facebook