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OSIRIS-REx is NASA's mission to
explore asteroid Bennu.

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Its goal is to collect a sample
of Bennu and return it to Earth.

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To get to Bennu, OSIRIS-REx must
first match the asteroid's

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orbital tilt.

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In September 2017, it will
approach Earth

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for a gravity assist,

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bringing the spacecraft
within 11,000 miles of home.

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Following the flyby, OSIRIS-REx
will look back at Earth.

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It will take images and spectra
of our world,

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calibrating its instruments so
that they are ready

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to study Bennu.

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The gravity assist will change
OSIRIS-REx's orbital tilt

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by six degrees,

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sending it on a path to
catch asteroid Bennu in 2018.

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[ satellite beeping ]

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