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OSIRIS-REX Asteroid Sample Return Mission Overview (Official NASA Briefing)
Experts from NASA's OSIRIS-REX (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission give an overview on the asteroid sample capsule's landing and recovery plans set for Sept. 24, 2023.
News conference participants are:
Melissa Morris, OSIRIS-REX program executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REX principal investigator,
University of Arizona, Tucson
Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REX project manager, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Sandra Freund, OSIRIS-REX program manager,
Lockheed Martin, Littleton, Colorado
Kevin Righter, OSIRIS-REX deputy curation lead, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston
On Sept. 24, the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft will approach Earth and release its sample return capsule into the atmosphere on a path to land at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The event makes it the first U.S. asteroid sample return.On Sept. 24, the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft will approach Earth and release its sample return capsule into the atmosphere on a path to land at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The event makes it the first U.S. asteroid sample return.
The touchdown will mark the end of a seven-year journey to explore asteroid Bennu, collect a sample from its surface, and deliver it to Earth for study. Scientists around the world will study the sample over the coming decades to learn about how our planet and solar system formed, as well as the origin of organics that may have led to life on Earth.
All about the mission:
https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex
Credit: NASA
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