The U.S. space agency said Monday its space explorer OSIRIS-REx has arrived above the asteroid Bennu for a mission to provide fresh insights into the origin of life following a 2 billion-kilometer journey from Earth.The spacecraft is set to begin a preliminary survey before touching down on the asteroid to collect rock samples and bring them back to Earth in September 2023.Bennu, a diamond-shaped asteroid with 500-meter diameter, is believed to contain organics necessary to form life and retain materials from the beginning of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago. The probe is expected to …READ FULL ARTICLE
