OSIRIS-REx capsule return: Bennu near-Earth asteroid samples have just landed in Utah
Scientists are hoping the material can answer big “origin of life” questions.
This morning, at approximately 8:52 a.m MT, a container with surface samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu successfully landed on Earth. The container, which was from a spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx, touched down at the Utah Test and Training Range, approximately 80 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
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