OSIRIS-REx Sample Capsule Safely Touches Down with NASA's First-Ever Asteroid Sample

OSIRIS-REx Sample Capsule Safely Touches Down with NASA's First-Ever Asteroid SampleThe NASA mission – designed, built and flown by Lockheed Martin – aims to uncover new learnings about the building blocks of life in our solar systemUTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE, Utah, Sept. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a rapid and red-hot descent through Earth's atmosphere, NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule touched down in the desert at 8:52 a.m. MT today, returning NASA's first-ever asteroid sample. Advanced Exploration Technology TestbedThe OSIRIS-REx mission pioneered key technologies relevant to the future exploration of small bodies in our solar system, beyond its immediate follow-on mission. More Lockheed Martin OSIRIS-REx resources include:Lockheed Martin's OSIRIS-REx webpagePhotos of OSIRIS-RExOSIRIS-REx sample return videoAbout the OSIRIS-REx MissionNASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provides overall mission management, systems engineering, and the safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, built the spacecraft and provides flight operations. SOURCE Lockheed Martin