Launch in 2016, the Osiris-Rex satellite was sent into deep space to rendezvous with the asteroid Benu.  Some scientists believe we will discover the leftover building blocks of the solar system, remnants from the dawn of the planet formation that may have delivered organics and water to Earth.

Launch in 2016, the Osiris-Rex satellite was sent into deep space to rendezvous with the asteroid Benu. Some scientists believe we will discover the leftover building blocks of the solar system, remnants from the dawn of the planet formation that may have delivered organics and water to Earth.

Launch in 2016, the Osiris-Rex satellite was sent into deep space to rendezvous with the asteroid Benu.&nbsp; Some scientists believe we will discover the leftover building blocks of the solar system, remnants from the dawn of the planet formation that may have delivered organics and water to Earth.

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AMERICA'S RETURN TO SPACE - News and Information on America's space program - Artemis Return to Moon and on to Mars. Space X Crew Missions to the International Space Station and our unmanned scientific satellites and rovers on Mars. On Tuesday's join broadcast journalist David Denault, former NPR space correspondent AND On Friday's - with broadcast journalist Dawn Meyer, Space Coast News Editor and Host of America In Space. A 28 years veteran of the Space Shuttle Program.

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