Q. Which country’s space agency launched the ‘Osiris-Rex spacecraft’?
Answer:
USA
Notes: The Osiris-Rex spacecraft, a NASA mission, successfully delivered dust samples from the asteroid Bennu and is set to make its return to Earth.
It was launched by NASA in 2016. Scientists will analyse the asteroid sample to investigate the origins of life on Earth. The OSIRIS-REx, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX (OSIRIS-Apophis Explorer), will study Apophis when the asteroid comes close to the Earth in 2029.