“A journey of a billion miles to asteroid Bennu and back.” A Nasa probe, which has gathered dust and rocky fragments from an asteroid called Bennu, has safely landed on Earth. It’s hoped the material could tell the US space agency how life began on our planet. BBC News #BBCNews #Bennu #Asteroid #NASA #Space | BBC One

12K views · 535 reactions | This series of photos shows the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s view of Bennu over the past several months, as it flew closer and closer to the asteroid. Yesterday, it finally arrived! Now, it will begin flying around Bennu and studying it in detail, eventually picking a spot to collect a sample in 2020. Get the details: https://go.nasa.gov/2FZE5r0 | NASA 360 | Facebook

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Our NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission successfully performed its final practice run to sample asteroid Bennu. The four-hour “Matchpoint” rehearsal set us up for the big day – Oct. 20 – when the spacecraft will collect soil from the asteroid and bring it back to Earth: https://go.nasa.gov/3alYZMl | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2.4M views · 10K reactions | NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu. | Cosmoknowledge | Facebook