NASA set to bring back asteroid sample back to Earth.
NASA launched the OSIRIS-REX space probe on the 8th day of September into space,for a seven years non-comparable mission to collect samples from 492meters roundish, dark and potentially dangerous asteroid called "Bennu" . The space is expected to spend two years flying through space in order to catch up with the asteroid. OSIRIS-REX took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on top of a United launch Alliance Atlas V411 rocket. In August 2018,the space probe is planned to arrive at Benny. Then in July 2020,the probe will release it's 3.35metres robot arms called "TAGSAM" which will make a 5seconds contact with Benny during which a blast of nitrogen gas from the Tags am will kick up rocks and dust and then pick up at least 60grams or 2kilograms samples of the dust and store it. The space probe is scheduled to head home in March 2021 and arrive back to Earth on 24th September, 2023.