OSIRIS-REx team members practice recovering asteroid sample capsule bound for Earth

OSIRIS-REx mission members talk over procedures next to a replica of the OSIRIS-REx sample capsule
Thursday, July 6, 2023

Everything must go smoothly when the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft releases its capsule full of pristine asteroid material over the Utah desert in September. Members of the mission team gathered at Lockheed Martin in Colorado to rehearse recovering the capsule and its precious cargo.

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