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SPACE
OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu
By Mike Tyler
September 8, 2016 - OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to travel to an asteroid with the object of retrieving samples and returning them to Earth. Its target, Bennu, is likely rich in organic molecules that could hold clues to the origin of our solar system.