Bennu

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On Oct. 20, 2020, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully descended to the surface of asteroid Bennu and collected rocky material. Samples will be returned to Earth: fall of 2023. Afterwards, OSIRUS will then be sent to Asteroid Apopis, arriving in 2029.