• Asteroids like Bennu contain natural resources such as water, organics, and precious metals. In the future, these asteroids may fuel the exploration of the solar system by robotic and manned spacecraft.

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• The asteroid makes its closest approach to Earth every 6 years.

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• OSIRIS-REx might collect as much as 2,000 grams of Bennu`s sample,  which would be the largest sample by far gathered from a space object since the Apollo Moon landings.

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• Bennu´s mission is considered as  one of the most ambitious space missions ever attempted.

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