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The OSIRIS-REx capsule has touched down.

The “time capsule to our ancient solar system” from the OSIRIS-REx mission has officially touched down in the Utah desert.

NASA’s live coverage notes it landed about three minutes sooner than expected. The team is now heading to it with helicopters to begin the process of gathering the samples.

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