Among the information that's never covered in the news is today's delivery of a specifically designed Instrument for NASA’s 2016 Asteroid Sample Return Mission.

It could be the precursor to human beings mining asteroids or using them to generate energy,  After launch in September, 2016, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will travel to the near-Earth asteroid Bennu and bring at least a 60-gram (2.1-ounce) sample back to Earth for study.