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A gripping first-hand account of NASA's unprecedented and historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of formation on life on earth braided with the remarkable life story of the mission's leader, Dr. Dante Lauretta.

The first ever detailed reference to asteroids, from their history to their classification and role in bringing metals and life to planet Earth, written at a level for general readers. It also tells the story of a unique NASA mission to one asteroid, Bennu, and how a spacecraft collected material from its surface and returned it to Earth.