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Greenbelt, MD - NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on September 24, OSIRIS

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 2023 - NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24,

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu.

Prepare for an exciting space adventure as NASA prepares for a historic asteroid sample delivery. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been on a wild ride through space for the past seven years, and now it's finally coming home! But it's not coming empty-handed - the spacecraft is carrying a precious sample collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu, making history as the United States' first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.

On Sept. 24, the University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission will return material from the dawn of the solar system to Earth for study.

Moscow warned against “hostile” US flights on Wednesday, as tensions simmered a day after a Russian fighter jet was accused of colliding with an American drone over the Black Sea.

First known direct US-Russia confrontation since Ukraine conflict

Moscow warned against

“This is probably my biggest worry, both there [the Black Sea region] and the Pacific, is that an aggressive Russia or China pilot or vessel captain or something gets too close — doesn’t realize where they are, causes a collision and it’s two in the morning and we are trying to unpack this as fast as we can," said the head of the Marines.