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A capsule containing samples from the Bennu asteroid is due to touch down in Utah later today. OSIRIS-REx. NASA predicted there is a small chance Bennu could hit the Earth in 2182
Seven years and 4 billion miles after its launch, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully dropped off a capsule containing a precious sample of one near-Earth asteroid — and is now on course to rendezvous with another one in 2029. Rocket thrusters built at Aerojet Rocketdyne’s facility in Redmond, Wash., have been guiding the bus-sized probe every step of the way. Today marked the climax of OSIRIS-REx — which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security
OSIRIS-REx launched in September 2016 and reached Bennu in 2018
(CNN) — An asteroid sample collected by NASA has touched down on Earth, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about the origins of the solar<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/a-long-awaited-asteroid-sample-has-landed-in-the-us/">Read More</a>
Samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission excite scientists with their potential to reveal secrets of the Solar System. Samples collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission excite scientists with their potential to reveal secrets of the Solar System.