An Earth-threatening asteroid may be the last thing you want to see — unless it's in the confines of a museum. Today (Nov.
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"The OSIRIS-REx mission is an incredible scientific achievement that promises to shed light on what makes our planet unique,” Kirk Johnson , the Sant director of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.
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DESTINY+, an acronym constructed from "Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for Interplanetary Voyage, Phaethon Flyby and Dust Science," will study the asteroid 3200 Phaethon — the parent of the Geminid meteor shower — and interplanetary dust.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission was due to launch next year, but the agency has now confirmed that it will be delayed into 2025 due to issues with the development of the Epsilon S rocket, Kyodo News reported on Oct. 27.
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