![FILE - This illustration provided by NASA depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. On Monday, May 10, 2021, the robotic explorer fired its engines, headed back to Earth with samples it collected from the asteroid, nearly 200 million miles away. (Conceptual Image Lab/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA via AP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/BBLXEBO4B5LV6SIDCRGQKBESUY.jpg?smart=true&auth=86d22508be94894e6273ec04ca32ab1a56baa23b749797d5fed2e5c4a8651193&width=400&height=225)
An artist's rendering of the 'Osiris-Rex' spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. AP
An artist's rendering of the 'Osiris-Rex' spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. AP
Nasa spacecraft to deliver asteroid samples to Earth in September
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