In an historic achievement, the United States has successfully retrieved rocks and dust from an asteroid and delivered them safely to Earth. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx sample capsule, carrying a precious sample from the asteroid Bennu, made its triumphant return, touching down on the Department of Defence’s Utah Test and Training Range at 10:52. EDT (08:52 MDT).
Radar data from the Utah Testing and Training Range confirmed that the capsule executed its planned entry into Earth’s atmosphere at 10:42. EDT (08:42. MDT), off the coast of California.
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