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Live: NASA’s OSIRIS-REX Mission Approaches Bennu Asteroid

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The spacecraft will attempt to suck up rocks and dirt from the asteroid, which could unlock secrets of the solar system and could aid humanity’s ability to divert one that might slam into Earth.

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Still approaching the asteroid’s surface, OSIRIS-REX has now fully extended the arm that carries its device for gathering rocks and dust.
 
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