  rt the double asteroid redirect test (dart)   iris-apex osiris-apex, formerly called osiris-rex this spacecraft already sampled asteroid bennu and delivered the samples to earth, now it's been retasked for apophis. the mission profile says they'll be sampling it, but there's no sample collection area left. it'll "crash" instead, as the true purpose is redirecting apophis.   anetary_defence/introducing_ramses_ esa_s_mission_to_asteroid_apophis esa's backup plan for apophis.
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