![THE OSIRIS-REx mission will map and return samples from asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich hunk of rock that might contain organic materials or molecular precursors to life. OSIRIS-Rex is expected to reach Bennu in August, 2018.](http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/full_1024x1024.png)
  
**THE OSIRIS-REx mission will map and return samples from asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich hunk of rock that might contain organic materials or molecular precursors to life. OSIRIS-Rex is expected to reach Bennu in August, 2018.**
  
###### Image Credit: NASA Image of the Day 2018-01-02. [Image Feature](http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/from-the-earth-moon-and-beyond). [Media usage guidelines](https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html).
  

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