The sample return capsule from NASAs OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 by NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Credits: NASA/Keegan Barber After years of anticipation and hard work by NASAs OSIRIS-REx(Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu finally is on Earth.

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