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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Unveils Bennu Asteroid Sample in Deep Space Discovery

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Source: Digital Trends
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Unveils Bennu Asteroid Sample in Deep Space Discovery
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NASA will livestream the reveal of the sample collected from the Bennu asteroid during the OSIRIS-REx mission, marking the agency's first-ever sample retrieval from a distant asteroid. The sample was successfully dropped off in a capsule that landed in the Utah desert and has been transported to the Johnson Space Center in Houston for scientific study. The livestream event will take place on Wednesday, October 11, and viewers can watch it on NASA TV or via the embedded video player on the Digital Trends website.

Topics:sciencespace#bennu-asteroid#livestream#nasa#osiris-rex-mission#sample-retrieval#space
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  1. How to watch NASA reveal the Bennu asteroid sample  Digital Trends
  2. NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample curation steps closer to final reveal  Phys.org
  3. Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned Nasa probe  South China Morning Post
  4. Deep Space Discoveries: NASA's OSIRIS-REx Edges Closer to Monumental Asteroid Sample Reveal  SciTechDaily

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