Video: NASA ship borrowed Earth's force to soar to the asteroid

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft will be powered by Earth to reach speeds of nearly 13,700km / h and fly to a 500m high asteroid.

OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft.

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft in the mission of studying asteroid Bennu, the ship will take advantage of Earth's gravity and use planetary orbit to accelerate to 13,679km / h to fly to Bennu.

Bennu asteroid was discovered in 1999. Bennu's 500m height surpassed Taipei 101, one of the tallest buildings in the world. NASA believes that studying this asteroid can bring a deeper understanding to explain some of the most fundamental questions about the universe.