A Race Against Time: NASA Readies for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery

NASA To Receive Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on September 24 To Become First-Ever Mission | 🔬 LatestLY

After seven years in space, including a nail-biting touchdown on Bennu to gather dust and rocks, this intrepid mission is about to face one of its biggest challenges yet: deliver the asteroid sample to Earth while protecting it from heat, vibrations, and earthly contaminants. 🔬 NASA To Receive Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on September 24 To Become First-Ever Mission.

A Race Against Time: NASA Readies for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery

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 September 24, OSIRIS-REx will become the United States’ first-ever mission to return an asteroid sample to Earth

NASA prepares for historic asteroid sample delivery on Sept 24

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 27, 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. After seven years in space, including a nail-biting touchdown on Bennu to gather dust and rock