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NASA’s asteroid sample return mission successfully adjusts course

Submit on Sunday, August 27th, 2017 22:55

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters to position itself on the correct course for its upcoming Earth flyby. The spacecraft, which is on a two-year outbound journey to asteroid Bennu, performed a precision course adjustment on 23 August to prepare for the gravity slingshot on 22 September.

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