The Journal of Space Commerce

The Journal of Space Commerce

Final OSIRIS-REx Test Before Asteroid Sample Delivery Conducted

Spacecraft Mockup Dropped Into the Utah West Desert

Tom Patton's avatar
Tom Patton
Sep 01, 2023
∙ Paid
Share

A team led by NASA in Utah’s West Desert is in the final stages of preparing for the arrival of the first U.S. asteroid sample – slated to land on Earth in September.

“We are now in the final leg of this seven-year journey, and it feels very much like the last few miles of a marathon." Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REx Project Manager

A mockup of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The Journal of Space Commerce to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Ex Terra Media, LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture