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NASA sends rocket to asteroid

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A rocket has blasted off from NASA with the hope of connecting with an asteroid.

The space craft is called Osiris-Rex has blasted off from Florida late last week.

It hopes to get samples from an asteroid, a small rocky body flying around the Sun, and bring them back for scientists to study.

The mission is the first time NASA has sent a craft to make contact with an asteroid.

They’ve chosen one which is fairly near to Earth called Bennu but it is still really far away.

The mission will take seven years in total and it’s not expected back until September 2023.

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