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NASA's first asteroid sample on track for Sunday parachute landing in Utah

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft is returning with samples it collected from asteroid Bennu, which will be dropped off on Earth by the NASA probe as it passes on Sunday.
The weather balloons launched by meteorologists at the Utah Test and Training Range are being used to predict the location where the samples will be dropped.
Once the samples arrive, they will be examined in a clean room at the Utah test range, then transported to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to be distributed to scientists in 60 laboratories around the world.

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Times of India

NASA's OSIRIS-REx set to return to Earth on Sep 24 with 1st-ever asteroid samples

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is preparing to return to Earth on September 24 with the first-ever US asteroid sample. The spacecraft will deliver an estimated 8.8 ounces of material collected from the surface of asteroid Bennu. The capsule is scheduled to land in a Utah desert, but the trajectory and velocity must be precise to prevent the samples from being lost in space or burning up in Earth's atmosphere.

10 months ago·India

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BBC News

Osiris-Rex: Nasa confirms return of asteroid Bennu samples

A capsule carrying debris from asteroid Bennu lands safely in the Utah desert.

10 months ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission: asteroid sample plummets towards Earth

Capsule will contain some of oldest materials formed in solar system

10 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Pieces of a distant asteroid are about to fall to Earth

Pieces of 4.5-billion-year old space rock will tell us where we came from, scientists hope

10 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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CBC News

Spacecraft drops cargo to Earth after plucking material from asteroid

A space capsule that grabbed fragments from the asteroid Bennu arrived back on Earth Sunday, touching down in Utah after a mission that began seven years ago. Canada will get some of the celestial bounty from Bennu.

10 months ago·Canada

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NDTV

NASA's First Asteroid Sample On Track For Sunday Parachute Landing In Utah

A NASA space capsule carrying a sample of rocky material plucked from the surface of an asteroid three years ago hurtled toward Earth this weekend headed for a fiery plunge through the atmosphere and a parachute landing in the Utah desert on Sunday. Weather forecasts were favourable and the robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx was on course to release the sample-return capsule for final descent as planned, with no further adjustments to its flight path…

10 months ago·New Delhi, India

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