NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission: First US Asteroid Sample Lands Soon

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission: First US Asteroid Sample Lands Soon

NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) is the first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth. When it lands, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will release the sample capsule for a safe landing in the Utah desert. The pristine material from Bennu—rocks and dust collected from the asteroid’s surface in 2020—will offer generations of scientists a window into the time when the Sun and planets were forming about 4.5 billion years ago.

Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Duration: 45 seconds

Release Date: Sept. 18, 2023

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