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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Creates 3D Printable Model of Bennu Asteroid

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by Hanna Watkin
Published Feb 4, 2019

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft entered the orbit of Bennu, an asteroid just 70 million miles from Earth, in late 2018 to survey it. Through this, scientists created a model of the asteroid, which they've shared so you can build a piece of outer space in your home.

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