The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently on the final leg of its journey back to Earth, with pristine samples from asteroid Bennu.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently on the final leg of its journey back to Earth, with samples from asteroid Bennu.
When it arrives, a sample capsule will parachute down into the Utah desert. It will be the first-ever U.S. mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth. Particles from Near-Earth asteroid Bennu are on their way back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently on the final leg of its journey back to Earth, with samples from asteroid Bennu.Rowan Curtis, a space scientist at PA Consulting and the University of Oxford, U.K., told:"When it arrives in late September 2023, it must approach Earth at precisely the correct speed and angle, or it won't make it through Earth's atmosphere.
Once the sample is retrieved from the desert, it will be brought to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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