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On this day in 2004 – September 8th – NASA launched OSIRIS-REx, an asteroid study and sample return mission.

The spacecraft arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018, carried out detailed reconnaissance of the asteroid, collected samples, and is now on its way home.

Mona Evans
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