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Asteroid and Spacecraft: NASA Craft For Bennu Trip In Testing [VIDEO]
In Denver, a spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx was recently completed and is being tested. In late 2016, it will launch on the trip to the asteroid Bennu, where it will retrieve a rock sample and return it to Earth.
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