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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Successfully Delivers Largest Asteroid Sample to Earth

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Source: The New York Times
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Successfully Delivers Largest Asteroid Sample to Earth
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NASA's OSIRIS-REX mission, which launched in 2016, is set to conclude on Sunday as a capsule containing a sample of rock from the asteroid Bennu is expected to land in a Utah desert. The mission aims to provide insights into the origins of our solar system and the potential for life on Earth. The sample will be analyzed and compared with material from other asteroids, with initial results expected in October. The spacecraft will then embark on a second mission to study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis in 2029.

Topics:top-newsspace-exploration#asteroid-samples#bennu#nasa#origins-of-solar-system#osiris-rex#space-exploration
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  1. How to Watch NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Retrieve Asteroid Samples From Space  The New York Times
  2. Osiris-Rex: Nasa awaits fiery return of asteroid Bennu samples  BBC
  3. A 7-year journey to deliver an asteroid sample to Earth will soon end in Utah  CNN
  4. Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe approach Earth tonight with free telescope livestream  Space.com
  5. Largest asteroid sample ever collected is coming down to Earth  Phys.org

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