NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Probe Successfully Stows Space-Rock Sample

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Probe Successfully Stows Space-Rock Sample

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-osiris-rex-probe-successfully-stows-space-rock-sample/

NASA’s pioneering OSIRIS-REx probe has bagged up its precious asteroid sample for return to Earth.

OSIRIS-REx has finished stowing the bits of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu that it snagged last Tuesday (Oct. 20), successfully locking the material into the spacecraft’s return capsule, mission team members announced Thursday (Oct. 29).

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Probe Successfully Stows Space-Rock Sample

Oct 31, 2020, 8:19pm UTC
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-osiris-rex-probe-successfully-stows-space-rock-sample/ > NASA’s pioneering OSIRIS-REx probe has bagged up its precious asteroid sample for return to Earth. > OSIRIS-REx has finished stowing the bits of the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu that it snagged last Tuesday (Oct. 20), successfully locking the material into the spacecraft’s return capsule, mission team members announced Thursday (Oct. 29).