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OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Training

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
NASA
July 23, 2023
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OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Training
OSIRIS-REx Sample Return testing Mockup
NASA

Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range.

The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and will return to Earth on September 24th, landing under parachute at the Utah Test and Training Range.

NASA ID: NHQ202307180035 Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber) Date Created:2023-07-18 Larger image

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