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Asteroid Bennus Visitor From Earth

Published: Jan. 23, 2019, 4 p.m.

b'Spacecraft OSIRIS REx is now orbiting a 260-meter asteroid named Bennu.\\xa0 Principal investigator Dante Lauretta returns to tell us what has already been learned, and to preview the excitement that is still to come, including the probe\\u2019s descent to the surface for collection of a pristine sample. Want one of five\\xa0 Blu-ray copies of First Man, the movie about Neil Armstrong? Consider entering this week\\u2019s What\\u2019s Up space trivia contest that also offers Dante Lauretta\\u2019s two great board games about space exploration and astronomy. Learn more at:\\xa0 http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0123-2019-dante-lauretta-osiris-rex.html'