Welcome everyone!
About OSIRIS-REx
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, will return to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, with material from asteroid Bennu. When it arrives, 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. NASA’s live coverage of the OSIRIS-REx sample capsule landing starts at 10 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. MDT).
Webcasts:
- Official 4k NASA broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdwyqctp908
- The Launch Pad (countdown clock): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sos8lTVmtNo
Other resources:
Please feel free to post updates and questions in the comments!
I’m excited for this to be very normal and exactly as expected.