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A sample collection from asteroid Bennu — categorized as a "near-Earth object" — is due to land Sunday. Scientists hope the sample will give a greater understanding of how Earth became habitable.
The capsule is due to land in a desert in Utah after a seven-year mission.
A sample collection from asteroid Bennu — categorized as a "near-Earth object" — is due to land Sunday
Capsule containing largest asteroid sample ever collected, and the first for NASA, was dropped from space by the Osiris-Rex probe Sunday morning. It is expected to arrive imminently on the Utah desert in the United States. The capsule will be exposed to the sand of the American desert for as short a time as possible, in order to avoid contamination of the sample. On Monday, it will be flown to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where the box will be opened, in another airtight room.
A sample collection from asteroid Bennu — categorized as a near-Earth object — is due to land Sunday