Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits

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Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits

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From Space.com:
"Touchdown will occur in Utah on Sept. 24."

https://www.space.com/osiris-rex-sample ... g-practice

Eagerly waiting!

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Re: Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits

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It was a very interesting mission.

It will be good to see what they get back.

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Re: Asteroid sample incoming: OSIRIS-REx team preps for September landing of Bennu bits

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Hi Stephen. A very interesting article on the OSIRIS-Rex landing. If successful and the bits recovered correctly, we will now have asteroid samples (from Bennu) without any Earthborn contamination. Thanks for finding and sharing this Space Exploration news link with us on here Stephen and keep up the great reporting work.
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