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OSIRIS-REx Sample Reveal Press Conference
Johnson Space Center, Houston Atlas V 411 | OSIRIS-REx
The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United States will be unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
News conference participants include:
- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
- Francis McCubbin, deputy curation lead
- Daniel Glavin, sample analysis lead
- Dante Lauretta, principal investigator
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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.
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