Because of this similarity to meteoroids in entry, we often refer to these sample return capsules ... to close to the landing site in Utah. The instruments ranged from high-tech custom sensors ...

NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft returned 122 grams (4 ounces) of dust and pebbles from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, delivering the sample canister to the Utah desert in 2023 before swooping off after ...

Once there, the spacecraft orbited the asteroid for nearly two years as flight engineers searched for a landing ... safely in ...