OSIRIS REx Delivers Asteroid benuu Samples Earth Preview

OSIRIS-REX is NASA's first asteroid sample return

mission. It launched in September 2016 on a journey

to explore a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu. In

October 2020, the spacecraft ventured to the

asteroid's surface and collected about 250 grams of

material for delivery to Earth. The mission's thrilling

finale will take place on September 24, 2023, as

OSIRIS-REX releases a capsule containing the Bennu

samples for touchdown in the Utah desert.