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OSIRIS-Rex Sample Return

Earth Atlas V 411 | OSIRIS-REx

On September 24, 2023 the OSIRIS-REx return capsule will re-enter Earth's atmosphere and land under a parachute at the Air Force's Utah Test and Training Range

LL2 • Sept. 24, 2023, 1:59 p.m.

Livestream has started

Cosmic_Penguin • May 1, 2023, 2:29 a.m.

Added landing time.

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Atlas V 411 | OSIRIS-REx

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Sept. 8, 2016, 11:05 p.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

The Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS REx) mission will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth and will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.

Heliocentric N/A

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