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The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after it landed in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense Test and Training Range in Utah. (Image credit: NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing soil samples from an asteroid has landed safely in Utah and been transferred to a clean room

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The Osiris-Rex probe returns to Earth small samples of the asteroid Beno, a "real small world" for analysis
Training replica of the sample lander from asteroid Benno, which will land on September 24, 2024 in Utah. Photo: NASA

The Osiris Rex spacecraft that took samples from an asteroid in 2020 is expected to land them in a capsule

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The Osiris Rex spacecraft is hovering over the Bennu asteroid. Illustration: shutterstock

Osiris Rex and the Beno Asteroid: Tension, Initiative and a 400g Specimen

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It turned out that the lid of the tank was stuck with a lump of soil and did not close. The decision made was to reduce as much as possible various operations and store the material as quickly as possible. In addition, two facilities that were essential for taking the soil samples and which were no longer essential were disconnected from the spacecraft. These actions made it possible to close the lid of the tank
The asteroid Beno, as photographed from the Osiris Rex spacecraft from an altitude of 24 km. Photo by NASA

Asteroid Bennu - interim summary before Osiris Rex collects a sample from it and returns it to DHA

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Asteroids pass by the Earth. Image: NASA

Considerable amounts of water were discovered in the Bennu asteroid, did the asteroids bring the water to Earth?

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The heavy Falcon on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, November 28, 2017. The huge vehicle was briefly placed on the launch pad, as part of a test for the first static combustion test, only after which the company will give the green light for the maiden flight. Source: SpaceX.

The space missions of 2018: from the world's most powerful launcher to the successor to the Kepler space telescope

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Simulation of the Osiris-Rex spacecraft approaching Earth. Source: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/University of Arizona.

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft passed near Earth on its way to collect a sample from a nearby asteroid

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Imaging of the Osiris-Rex probe collecting a sample from the Bennu asteroid. Source: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab.

A seven-year journey to retrieve sixty grams of an asteroid

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Imaging of the Osiris-Rex probe

NASA will launch the Osiris-Rex probe to return a sample from an asteroid to Earth

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Artist's illustration of the Juno spacecraft near Jupiter. Image: NASA

Summary of the year 2015 in space, part 2016 - what is expected in XNUMX

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Moment of explosion from SpaceX's Falcon-9 launcher, 28/6/15. Screenshot from NASA TV

Summary of 2015 in space, part XNUMX: failures and successes

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Asteroid 1998 QE2. Its diameter is 2.7 kilometers. Image: NASA

Again a relatively close passage of an asteroid to the Earth, this time it is a double passage of an asteroid and the moon

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Radar images of asteroid 1999 RQ36. Photo: NASA / GSFC / UA

NASA wants your help in finding asteroids

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