Planets and Moons ID: 14316

NASA Prepares for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on Sept. 24

Released on March 24, 2023

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes down into the Utah desert on Sept. 24, OSIRIS-REx will become the United States’ first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth.

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James Tralie (ADNET Systems, Inc.):
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Walt Feimer (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
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Jonathan North (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
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Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
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Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
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Krystofer Kim (KBR Wyle Services, LLC):
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
OSIRIS-REX

Keywords:
SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons