First asteroid sample of Nasa is on track for parachute landing in Utah
Saturday, 23 September 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, carrying a sample of material from an asteroid, is set to make a parachute landing in the Utah desert on Sunday. The mission, a collaboration between NASA and the University of Arizona, aims to bring back the largest asteroid sample ever returned to Earth. The sample was collected from the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu, which has a small chance of striking Earth in the late 22nd century. The spacecraft spent nearly two years orbiting the asteroid before successfully collecting the sample in October 2020.
Watch a spacecraft deliver an asteroid sample to Earth! Our OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer) spacecraft is approaching Earth, and on Sept. 24, 2023, it will release its sample return capsule into the atmosphere on a path to land...
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Saturday, 23 September 2023
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