Rowan University: Answering Ancient Questions, Connolly Leads NASA Asteroid Study
September 23, 2023
September 23, 2023
GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- Rowan University issued the following news:
A journey of some two billion miles by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft ends Sept. 24 in the Utah desert, bringing with it space rocks that scientists hope may unravel some of the mysteries of the Solar System.
Leading research into the spacecraft's return sample will be Dr. Harold Connolly Jr., a petrologist and cosmochemist who chairs Rowan University's Department of Geology.
A journey of some two billion miles by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft ends Sept. 24 in the Utah desert, bringing with it space rocks that scientists hope may unravel some of the mysteries of the Solar System.
Leading research into the spacecraft's return sample will be Dr. Harold Connolly Jr., a petrologist and cosmochemist who chairs Rowan University's Department of Geology.