The U.S. space agency will send an unmanned spacecraft to a nearby asteroid in 2016 and bring back a sample to provide clues about the formation of the solar system, NASA said on Wednesday.The mission known as Osiris-Rex will be the first U.S. effort to bring back a sample from an asteroid.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
NASA plans asteroid mission
The U.S. space agency will send an unmanned spacecraft to a nearby asteroid in 2016 and bring back a sample to provide clues about the formation of the solar system, NASA said on Wednesday.The mission known as Osiris-Rex will be the first U.S. effort to bring back a sample from an asteroid.
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