NASA sends a spaceship to carry soil

The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) is preparing to launch a spacecraft tasked with taking soil samples from an asteroid to Earth.

The spacecraft is being tested in the laboratory.(Source: NASA).

NASA's first spacecraft designed to transport rock has been prepared at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. This ship called OSIRIS-Rex will be launched into space in early September.

It is known that the OSIRIS-Rex will undergo the final test and refuel before being transferred to the launch pad.

After being launched into space, the ship will fly to Bennu - an asteroid near Earth with the task of taking at least 60 grams of material on the asteroid surface to carry it back to research.

Scientists hope, Bennu can hold clues to the origin of the solar system, as well as possible water and organic molecules related to the formation and development of life. on the earth.