Possible Killer Asteroid Targeted for Mission
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 17:00
in Astronomy & Space
Samples grabbed by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft – launching in 2016 – could explain our solar system's formation and how life began. It’s target asteroid is 1/3rd mile in diameter and has a one-in-1,800 chance of impacting the Earth in the year 2182