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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brings asteroid samples back to Earth

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Here’s what NASA is actually doing right now with OSIRIS-REx.

NASA put together a rendered preview to show what’s happening during today’s return of a sample scooped up from the asteroid Bennu, showing what the delivery and release of the OSIRIS-REx capsule looks like.

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