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On September 8, 2016 in Cape
Canaveral, Florida, OSIRIS-REx

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began its journey – NASA’s most
ambitious sample collection

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Attempt since the Apollo
Program. After two years,

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including a gravity assist from
Earth, the spacecraft arrived at

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its destination, asteroid Bennu.
As OSIRIS-REx drew near, Bennu

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grew in detail from a few tiny
pixels to a surprisingly rugged

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world, littered with giant
boulders. The spacecraft has

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used its instrumentation to map
the asteroid from all sides,

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mapping it in unprecedented
detail. The mission team has

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been analyzing the data,
scouring Bennu’s surface to

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select the best sample site.
Now, with just months to go

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before sample collection, the
team has narrowed its target

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down to four potential sites.