A space capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples streaked toward a touchdown in the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.
This illustration provided by NASA depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, the spacecraft will fly by Earth and drop off what is expected to be at least a cupful of rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest.
to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teamsstreaked toward a touchdown in the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.released the capsule from 63,000 miles out. The capsule was expected to parachute down four hours later onto the military’s Utah Test and Training Range.
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