Sunday, September 24, 2023

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission Capsule from Asteroid Bennu Lands in Utah Desert

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission Capsule from Asteroid Bennu Lands in Utah Desert

The capsule containing asteroid Bennu samples, collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission, has successfully landed at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range, on September 24, 2023, at 10:52 EDT. 

Watch Live on NASA TV: nasa.gov/nasatv  

10 a.m. EDT — Live coverage of  NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return

5 p.m. EDT — Media briefing on NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, which equates to UTC-4.

Follow sample-delivery updates on NASA's OSIRIS-REx blog: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/

OSIRIS-REx NASA page: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

University of Arizona's OSIRIS-REx Mission Page: http://www.asteroidmission.org


Credit: Gianluca Masi/The Virtual Telescope Project/NASA/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 2 minutes, 51 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 24, 2023


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