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Experts from NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission give an overview on the asteroid sample capsule's landing and recovery plans set for Sept. 24, 2023.

News conference participants are:

⚫ Melissa Morris, OSIRIS-REX program executive, NASA

Headquarters, Washington

Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REX principal investigator,

University of Arizona, Tucson

Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REX project manager, NASA's

Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Sandra Freund, OSIRIS-REx program manager,

Lockheed Martin, Littleton, Colorado

Kevin Righter, OSIRIS-REX deputy curation lead, NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston

On Sept. 24, the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft will approach Earth and release its sample return capsule into the atmosphere on a path to land at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The event makes it the first U.S. asteroid sample return