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The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range.
News Science & Astronomy Crews unload a box containing the OSIRIS-REx mission's asteroid sample from a plane in Houston on Sept. 25, 2023. (Image credit: NASA/JSC) The asteroid sample collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft just experienced its second touchdown in only two days.The sample — a stash of dirt and gravel that the probe snagged
After traveling billions of miles, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission has landed a capsule with rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu in the Utah desert.
Samples of the asteroid Bennu carried to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx mission have been transported to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
A small but precious sample of material captured from the ancient Bennu asteroid was transported to one of the world's most specialized labs on Monday after NASA's Osiris-Rex mission successfully landed a capsule carrying the extraterrestrial dust and rubble in Utah's west desert on Sunday.