Final OSIRIS-REx Test Before Asteroid Sample Delivery Conducted
Spacecraft Mockup Dropped Into the Utah West Desert
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 (…
