Asteroid the Size of Empire State Building Could Hit Earth in Future, NASA Says
A sample from Bennu will return to Earth after a yearslong voyage and land in the Utah desert on Sunday
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A sample from Bennu will return to Earth after a yearslong voyage and land in the Utah desert on Sunday
The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Wednesday, Oct. 11, and media accreditation is now open.
A little over seven years ago, on Sept. 8, 2016, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral at Kennedy Space Center,
The new nondenominated (66¢) commemorative for the OSIRIS-REx mission was a surprise addition to the 2023 U.S. program.
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