NASA is sending a spacecraft to a nearby asteroid ? and back
 

NASA is sending a spacecraft to a nearby asteroid ? and back


http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/t...6&q=60&o=f&l=fFor the first time, the United States is sending a spacecraft to an asteroid to collect a sample and return it to Earth. NASA is scheduled to launch OSIRIS-REx from Cape Canaveral, Fla., next Thursday. It will reach the asteroid Bennu in 2018. (Sept. 1)