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FOLLOW THE OSIRIS-REX SAMPLE RETURN ON SEPTEMBER 24
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Coverage begins at 7:00a.m. (Arizona)
Capsule drop expected at 7:40a.m. (Arizona)
News conference at 1:00p.m. (Arizona)
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, will return to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, with material from asteroid Bennu. When it arrives, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will release the sample capsule for a safe landing in the Utah desert. The primitive 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. Learn more about the OSIRIS-REx mission.
Watch OSIRIS-REx mission trailer below!