22 Sep 2017

NASA launches first asteroid-collecting mission

From Morning Report, 8:49 am on 22 September 2017

NASA will conduct their first-ever mission to collect an asteroid tomorrow, and it will likely get a boost from Mother Earth. Earth's gravity will slingshot Osiris-Rex towards an asteroid that's near Earth named Bennu. Scientists believe Bennu may have seeded the Earth with organic compounds that made life possible. Dr Christina Richey is the programme's deputy scientist.