{"id":172837,"date":"2023-09-26T11:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/nasas-osiris-rex-a-seven-year-odyssey-culminates-in-bennu-asteroid-sample-delivery"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T16:23:18","slug":"nasas-osiris-rex-a-seven-year-odyssey-culminates-in-bennu-asteroid-sample-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/nasas-osiris-rex-a-seven-year-odyssey-culminates-in-bennu-asteroid-sample-delivery","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx: A Seven-Year Odyssey Culminates in Bennu Asteroid Sample Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/nasas-osiris-rex-a-seven-year-odyssey-culminates-in-bennu-asteroid-sample-delivery2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NASA Celebrates Arrival of OSIRIS-REx and Bennu Asteroid Samples on Earth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a historic moment that marks the culmination of a seven-year interstellar odyssey, NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully delivered its first precious cargo to Earth. The long-awaited rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu has yielded a treasure trove of samples that are now undergoing meticulous examination by scientists and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>The momentous touchdown occurred on Sunday, September 24, at the Department of Defense\u2019s Utah Test and Training Range. Subsequently, the valuable package was carefully hoisted onto a waiting helicopter before embarking on the final leg of its journey to a high-security clean room. Access to this pristine environment is strictly limited to a select group of six individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Celebrates Arrival of OSIRIS-REx and Bennu Asteroid Samples on Earth In a historic moment that marks the culmination of a seven-year interstellar odyssey, NASA\u2019s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully delivered its first precious cargo to Earth. The long-awaited rendezvous with the asteroid Bennu has yielded a treasure trove of samples that are now undergoing meticulous [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":605,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1492,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/605"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}