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Science reporter NASA's Osiris Rex, which was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida in 2016, has travelled over 1.3 billion kilometers since, orbiting the Sun for a year and hurtling past Earth to change course toward a Near Earth Asteroid called Bennu. Science reporter This Near Earth Asteroid comes very close to Earth every six years and scientists estimate asteroids of this type are made of about 10% iron and nickel. According to NASA, in August 2018, Science reporter Osiris Rex will capture its first images of Bennu and begin its 2 million km approach, reaching it in December 2018. The high gain antenna of Osiris Rex will send information between the spacecraft and the Earth. Science reporter It will spend more than a year orbiting the asteroid to photograph and survey it. During its time at Bennu, the spacecraft will analyse the asteroid's shape and chemistry, science reporter magazine sample its surface materials and collect data on its orbit so that scientists can even determine the likelihood of it crashing into Earth in the future. science reporter magazine  In July 2020, Osiris Rex will descend to Bennu's surface and retrieve up to three samples. When Osiris Rex is in place above Bennu's surface, science reporter magazineit will extend an articulated arm with a device to collect samples, called the Touch and Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM). This will touch the surface of Bennu for about five seconds while releasing a burst of nitrogen gas. science reporter magazine This gas will stir up surface material called regolith. TAGSAM can collect between 60 and 2000 grams of regolith over three samples.