A capsule carrying a sample of rocks and dust from an asteroid landed successfully in the Utah desert Sunday morning and a Colorado team helped make it possible.
A team of experts at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton flew OSIRIS-REx, the robotic spacecraft that landed on the asteroid.
“Oh, this day is huge. We've been preparing for this day for years,” said Alec Maestas, a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin Space. “This day has kept us up for nights this month alone.”Over the past seven years, they’ve carefully navigated the spacecraft.NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft The Associated Press 9:48 AM, Sep 24, 2023 The first leg of the journey involved landing the spacecraft on the asteroid Bennu.
A few months later, it began making the long journey back toward earth, along with the sample, which scientists hope will provide clues to some of humanity’s most important questions. After successfully, releasing the capsule, the team in Littleton gathered together for the next part of the journey, which was out of their control.
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