Asteroids

How much do you know about asteroids?

Five questions to test your knowledge of these curious space rocks.

by JoAnna Wendel

Oct. 24, 2020

A spacecraft just successfully collected a sample of material from an asteroid. What is it called?

A. STARDUST

B. ROSETTA

C. OSIRIS-REx

D. Hayabusa2

NASA

C. OSIRIS-REx: The spacecraft successfully “tagged” the surface of asteroid Bennu to collect material. In 2021, the spacecraft will return to Earth.

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