Why NASA Picked Space Rock Bennu for Its Asteroid-Sampling Mission
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 07:21
in Astronomy & Space
What's so special about Bennu, the target of NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx mission?
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