OSIRIS-REX: 1st US Asteroid Sample Lands Soon (Official NASA Trailer)

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NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REX) is the first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth. When it lands, the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft will release the sample capsule for a safe landing in the Utah desert. The pristine material from Bennu - rocks and dust collected from the asteroid's surface in 2020 - will offer generations of scientists a window into the time when the Sun and planets were forming about 4.5 billion years ago.

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