Watch as the first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States is unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Launch: Sept. 8, 2016 Destination: Asteroid Bennu Sample returned to Earth: Sept. 24, 2023 Superlatives: - NASA's first pristine asteroid sample - Closest orbit of an asteroid ever - Smallest object orbited by a spacecraft For more information about OSIRIS-REx, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/osiris-rex/ | NASA - National Aeronautics and S

11K views · 52 reactions | On Monday night, NASA will be crashing a spacecraft into a near-Earth asteroid, to see if it can redirect its orbit. The findings from the mission, named DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test), will be crucial in helping humanity respond to any hypothetical doomsday scenario—think ‘Armageddon’ or 'Don't Look Up'—that involves an asteroid hurtling toward Earth. | NowThis | Facebook