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URL copied NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft way back to Earth with asteroid sample After nearly five years in space, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the US space agency said. The spacecraft is due to reach Earth on September 24, 2023, after orbiting the Sun twice. On Monday, May 10, at 4.23 p.m. EDT, the spacecraft fired its main engines full throttle for seven minutes -- its most significant manoeuvre s...

NASA Rocket With 'Potentially Hazardous' Asteroid Sample Headed Toward Earth At 600mph KEY POINTS The spacecraft's projected return date to Earth is Sept. 24, 2023 The capsule containing the asteroid sample will parachute to the Utah Test and Training Range, where scientists will be waiting After spending almost five years in space, NASA's asteroid probe is finally on its way back to Earth, carrying with it a sample from asteroid Bennu. At about 4 p.m. EDT Monday, NASA's OSIRIS-REx, which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, b...

NASA's asteroid-tagging spacecraft has begun its journey home Scott Sutherland Tuesday, May 11th 2021, 3:45 pm - After 'punching' a sample out of asteroid Bennu last year, OSIRIS-REx has begun its long journey back to Earth. Millions of kilometres out in space, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its engines on Monday, propelling it away from asteroid Bennu and onto its path back to Earth. Carried within the probe is precious cargo that scientists here are anxiously looking forward to receiving. It's been over two years since OSIRIS-REx arrived at its destination and began to explore, map, an...

autoevolution 11 May 2021, 9:01 UTC · by 1 photo If you have been watching what’s going on in space these days, then you are aware that somewhere out there, humanity has a small spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer). Having departed our planet in 2016, it headed straight for an asteroid moving aimlessly millions of miles away from Earth. Bennu is how the asteroid is called and was deemed ripe for plucking by NASA. The agency sent OSIRIS over there to pinch the asteroid and take a small sample of it to bri...

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft way back to Earth with asteroid sample The spacecraft is due to reach Earth on September 24, 2023, after orbiting the Sun twice Tuesday May 11, 2021 6:43 PM, IANS Washington: After nearly five years in space, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its way back to Earth with an abundance of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the US space agency said. The spacecraft is due to reach Earth on September 24, 2023, after orbiting the Sun twice. On Monday, May 10, at 4.23 ...