[FOTZeiss] Fw: NASA Plans to Visit a Near-Earth Asteroid

[Glenn A. Walsh]

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--- On Tue, 8/16/11, NASA Science News <snglist at snglist.msfc.nasa.gov> wrote:

From: NASA Science News <snglist at snglist.msfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: NASA Plans to Visit a Near-Earth Asteroid
To: "NASA Science News" <snglist at snglist.msfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 1:16 PM


NASA Science News for August 16, 2011
NASA is planning a daring new mission to visit a near-Earth asteroid.  The spacecraft, named OSIRIS-REx, will orbit 1999 RQ36 for a year before gathering samples for return to Earth.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16aug_osirisrex/
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