320 million km from Earth: space probe took soil samples from asteroid Bennu
2020-10-21T11:46:32.721Z
The OSIRIS-REx space probe came close to the asteroid Bennu and collected soil and dust samples. The unmanned interplanetary station was launched from Cape Canaveral in September 2016, the device orbited the asteroid for two years to prepare for sampling from the surface of a celestial body. It is expected that the probe with the received samples will return to Earth in September 2023.
Source: russiart