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Since late 2018, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission

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has been exploring near-Earth asteroid, Bennu.

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OSIRIS-REx has captured close-up images

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and 3D maps of Bennu's rocky terrain

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studied its geology and chemical makeup

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and witnessed particles being ejected into space

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In October 2020, the spacecraft ventured to

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Bennu's rugged surface and grabbed a sample of the asteroid

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that it will return to Earth in 2023.

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Now that its science goals are complete,

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the time has come for OSIRIS-REx to fire its engines and bid farewell to asteroid Bennu.