The US space agency will bring home the largest asteroid sample ever returned to Earth on Sunday.
After further study of the asteroid, Osiris-Rex set off back to Earth with the sample on May 10 2021.When and where will the sample arrive back on Earth?
A heat shield will help to regulate the temperature inside the capsule, keeping the sample safe at a temperature similar to that of Bennu’s surface, Nasa said. The capsule is scheduled to land in a US government test and training range near Salt Lake City in Utah at 3.55pm BST. Scientists believe that asteroids like Bennu could have delivered these molecules and water through collisions with Earth, explaining why our planet now has an abundance of both.
Up to a quarter of the sample will be distributed to 233 scientists on the Osiris-Rex team from 38 global institutions, including the University of Manchester and the Natural History Museum in London.
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