Asteroid Sample Recovery

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NASA Invites Media to View Asteroid Sample Recovery Rehearsal

NASA invites media to attend the first major asteroid sample recovery rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission on Tuesday, June 27, to Wednesday, June 28, at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado. OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to capture a sample from the surface of an asteroid and deliver it back…