New NASA Mission Will Visit An Asteroid That Has A Slim Chance Of Hitting Earth
A historical NASAmissionthat aim to take in a large sample from an asteroid will establish next month , in the Bob Hope of check more about the constitution and phylogenesis of the Solar System . The ballistic capsule , OSIRIS - REx , will plunge on September 8 , 2016 , and rendezvous two years afterwards with the notorious asteroid 101955 Bennu , a threatening 500 - meter ( 1,640 - substructure ) impactor that will have a few tight encounters with Earth in the 2100s ....