Astroid Bennu

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Tonight, OSIRIS-Rex is sampling the asteroid Bennu. In the annotations the initial sampling area and the backup site. NASA will broadcast coverage of a first for the agency as its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission attempts to collect a sample of asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 6:12 p.m. EDT. https://www.asteroidmission.org/?latest-news=watch-osiris-rex-sample-collection-activities Or follow NASA's first asteroid sampling spacecraft on twitter: https://twitter.com/OSIRISREx data from: https://www.asteroidmission.org/