How NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Will Work (Infographic)

Karl Tate, SPACE.com Infographics Artist

Date: 08 November 2011 Time: 09:21 AM ET

See how NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to collect samples of the asteroid 1999 RQ36 will happen in this SPACE.com infographic.

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