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This Week @NASA: We launched OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. miss…


This Week @NASA: We launched OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to go sample an asteroid. Analysis of the returned sample is expected to reveal clues about the history of Bennu over the past 4.5 billion years, as well as clues about the evolution of our Solar System. Also, this week astronaut Jeff Williams made history, becoming the U.S. astronaut with the most cumulative days. Watch: https://youtu.be/94egWBr6OtA