NASA’s Osiris-rex may send a capsule of asteroid samples to Earth

<br>In October 2020, a NASA spacecraft swooped in on Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid, and scooped up rock and dirt from its surface. It then packed away the material and prepared for return to Earth. It began that voyage home in May 2021. The spacecraft will eject a capsule full of asteroid samples that will then re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and parachute to the Utah Test and Training Range to be studied by scientists. Read more about the mission:&nbsp;<a href="https://nyti.ms/3VjDDoT" style="background-color: var(--textfield-surface);">https://nyti.ms/3VjDDoT</a>