NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft touched down on the asteroid it's been orbiting for two years.
It collected a sample from Bennu's surface using a robotic arm.
IT COLLECTED A SAMPLE FROMBENNU'S SURFACE USING A ROBOTICARM.SCIENTISTS SAY THE ASTEROIDCOULD TELL US A LOT ABOUT OURPLANET'S HISTORY OVER BILLIONSOF YEARS.NASA RESEARCHERS EXPECT TO KNOWBY NEXT SATURDAY HOW BIG THESAMPLE IS.IF IT'S TOO SMALL...OSIRIS-REX WILL HAVE ONE MORECHANCE IN JANUARY TO COLLECTANOTHER ONE.THEN...IT BEGINS ITS JOURNEY BACKHOME...AND WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE WHATIT GOT IN 20-23.ADLIB WITH JUSTIN
Osiris Rex collected many times more than its goal
(Part 4 of 4) NASA is taking samples from the asteroid Bennu and returning them to earth. This is the largest sampling of an..
