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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                 2023 September 29   
      
                                  Back from Bennu   
                         Image Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber   
      
      Explanation: Back from asteroid 101955 Bennu, a 110-pound, 31-inch wide   
      sample return capsule rests in a desert on planet Earth in this photo,   
      taken at the Department of Defense Utah Test and Training Range near   
      Salt Lake City last Sunday, September 24. Dropped off by the OSIRIS-Rex   
      spacecraft, the capsule looks charred from the extreme temperatures   
      experienced during its blistering descent through Earth's dense   
      atmosphere. OSIRIS-Rex began its home-ward journey from Bennu in May of   
      2021. Delivered to NASACÇÖs Johnson Space Center in Houston on September   
      25, the capsule's canister is expected to contain an uncontaminated   
      sample of about a half pound (250 grams) of Bennu's loosely packed   
      regolith. Working in a new laboratory designed for the OSIRIS-REx   
      mission, scientists and engineers will complete the canister   
      disassembly process, and plan to unveil the sample of the near-Earth   
      asteroid in a broadcast event on October 11.   
      
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