The OSIRIS-REx capsule landing
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule containing surface samples from asteroid Bennu landed successfully on the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range on September 24. I love the starkness of this photo, showing the isolated capsule and its parachute lying closeby. The charred capsule was swiftly recovered and delivered to the space agency’s Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Directorate (ARES) at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Scientists managed to recover samples outside of the canister exterior, despite not yet being able to access the full load inside.
