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Bunch of OSIRIS-rEX articles, the Ars article is long and comprehensive, Spacenews is pretty short and to the point, space.com article has some interview snippets and goes into the capsule handling process
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https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/nasa-spacecraft-returns-to-earth-with-pieces-of-an-asteroid/
> NASA spacecraft returns to Earth with pieces of an asteroid
> NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission brought back the largest unspoiled sample of material ever returned to Earth from beyond the Moon, probably on the order of about 250 grams, or roughly 8 ounces, according to estimates. The spacecraft collected the samples from asteroid Bennu, a loosely-bound rocky world about the size of a small mountain, during a touch-and-go landing in October 2020.
> It's the third asteroid sampling mission in history, and the first for the United States, following two Japanese spacecraft that returned a smaller quantity of asteroid specimens to Earth in 2010 and 2020.
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https://spacenews.com/osiris-rex-sample-capsule-lands-in-utah/
> OSIRIS-REx sample capsule lands in Utah
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https://www.space.com/nasa-osiris-rex-asteroid-sample-return-next-stop-texas
> NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule just landed with samples of asteroid Bennu. Next stop: Texas
> A new OSIRIS-REx Curation Laboratory in Houston awaits delivery of the asteroid samples, which will first be inspected at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
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https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/09/osirisrex-landing/
> Historic OSIRIS-REx asteroid samples successfully return to Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuL6_KO8OU4