"Live Updates: NASA's OSIRIS-REx Returns Asteroid Sample to Earth"

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"Live Updates: NASA's OSIRIS-REx Returns Asteroid Sample to Earth"
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is set to make history on September 24, 2023, as it returns samples of the asteroid Bennu to Earth after seven years in deep space. The spacecraft will land at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range near Dugway, Utah, using a special capsule and parachute. Scientists are eagerly awaiting the landing, which marks the end of the mission that began in 2016.

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