OSIRIS-REx successfully returns samples from asteroid Bennu

On Sept. 24, 2023, part of the asteroid belt hit Earth — safely under parachutes and inside a capsule. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer — better known as OSIRIS-REx — has now successfully dropped off its collected pieces of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft’s six-year main mission culminated with the morningContinue reading “OSIRIS-REx successfully returns samples from asteroid Bennu”
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