University of Arizona: OSIRIS-REx Team Members Practice Recovering Asteroid Sample Capsule Bound for Earth
July 07, 2023
July 07, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, July 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on July 6, 2023:
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Everything must go smoothly when the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft releases its capsule with pristine asteroid material to land in the Utah desert in September.
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The capsule looks a little bit like a miniature UFO from a 1960s sci-fi flick. Resting on the ground, slightly tilted, its white heat shield flaked off in places, it look . . .
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Everything must go smoothly when the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft releases its capsule with pristine asteroid material to land in the Utah desert in September.
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The capsule looks a little bit like a miniature UFO from a 1960s sci-fi flick. Resting on the ground, slightly tilted, its white heat shield flaked off in places, it look . . .