OSIRIS-REx Makes Its First Sampling Try at the Asteroid Bennu
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The University of Arizona-backed OSIRIS-REx mission reaches its biggest moment next week. Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta describes the step-by-step process the spacecraft will take as it tries to grab a sample of soil from the asteroid's surface.
Dante Lauretta spoke with Tim Swindle, director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.
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