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AMNH Presents: Sampling an Asteroid

This September, NASA plans to launch OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to retrieve a pristine sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for further study. The mission’s target is Bennu, a carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid that is also potentially hazardous to Earth. Join Museum director of astrovisualization Carter Emmart for an new immersive program that highlights how the spacecraft’s mapping of the asteroid Bennu will inform scientists who are choosing a location for capturing surface material from the asteroid in 2020. The samples could shed light on how our solar system formed and how life on Earth began.











When: Mon., Sep. 12, 2016 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
212-769-5100
Price: $12-$15
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This September, NASA plans to launch OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to retrieve a pristine sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for further study. The mission’s target is Bennu, a carbon-rich, near-Earth asteroid that is also potentially hazardous to Earth. Join Museum director of astrovisualization Carter Emmart for an new immersive program that highlights how the spacecraft’s mapping of the asteroid Bennu will inform scientists who are choosing a location for capturing surface material from the asteroid in 2020. The samples could shed light on how our solar system formed and how life on Earth began.

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