US Postal Service drops new OSIRIS-REx stamp ahead of asteroid sample return

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US Postal Service drops new OSIRIS-REx stamp ahead of asteroid sample return
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. The spacecraft left Bennu's vicinity to return to Earth on May 10, 2021.

USPS business solutions vice president Robert Raines and Lori Glaze, NASA's director for planetary science, are scheduled to speak at the first-day-of-issue ceremony, as is Michael Puzio, who named asteroid Bennu in 2013 when he was eight years old. After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the USPS will return the envelope through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50, after which it is 5 cents per additional postmark. All requests must be postmarked by Jan. 22, 2024.

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