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After a 1.2 billion-mile journey back to Earth, OSIRIS-REx is about to land, carrying NASAs first ever asteroid samples.

The OSIRIS-REx probe is carrying rock samples from the asteroid Bennu, millions of miles away. If it works, it will be only the third such retrieval in history.

A NASA director invited Utahns to watch the asteroid sample mission landing in the Utah desert this Sunday, and shared information about other upcoming missions Thursday.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is carrying the first ever asteroid samples recovered by the agency. Now, after a 1.2 billion-mile journey back to Earth, it's about to land.

Dr. Harold Connelly Jr. of Rowan University is a mission sample scientist for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return.

If everything goes according to plan, Sunday morning should start with the safe return of samples from the University of Arizona-led space mission to the asteroid Bennu.

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will drop a capsule full of 4.5 billion-year-old space dust back to Earth on Sunday, where it will land in the Utah desert.

The asteroid is set to land in Utah after travelling from outer space as part of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft returns to Earth on Sunday, September 24, bearing gifts.

A seven-year NASA mission is only just beginning as a capsule lands on Earth this weekend bringing with it some valuable cargo.