LIVE: NASA Mission to Collect Asteroid Sample Returns to Earth

A suitcase packed with asteroid rocks will enter Earth’s atmosphere and land in Utah after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft scooped up the material from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020. This will mark the first U.S. attempt to collect and return asteroid samples, following Japan. Schedule: 1400 GMT – Touchdown 2000 GMT Approx – post-landing briefing DATE SUBJECT TO CHANGE