NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid

ScienceDaily
Oct 23, 2020, 9:44 pm242 pts
Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements -- acquiring at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of the asteroid's surface material.

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