NASA Science Live: OSIRIS-REx Delivers America’s First-Ever Asteroid Sample to Earth [Episode 50]

On Sunday, September 24 at [insert time], NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft safely delivered an estimated 8.8 ounces of rocky material collected from the surface of asteroid Bennu to Earth. The sample will be transported to NASA’s Johnson Space Center where it will be opened and studied. Join in live on Tuesday, September 26 at 3:00 p.m. ET as OSIRIS-REx experts recap the sample landing, preview what’s to come and answer your questions about the mission. Submit questions using #askNASA.----Megan Cruz, NASA Communications; Dr. Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator, University of Arizona; Dr. Scott Sandford, OSIRIS-REx Co-Investigator, NASA Ames.