Samples of asteroid Bennu have landed
On Sunday, September 24 at 10:52 a.m. ET, a capsule containing rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, successfully landed in the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City. Within 90 minutes, the capsule was airlifted by helicopter to a temporary clean room established in a hangar on the training range. Scientists will now study the samples in hopes of gaining a better understanding of the early solar system, the origins of life on Earth, and the potential resources available on asteroids for future space exploration.
