NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brings asteroid samples back to Earth
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OSIRIS-REx is safe for approach.
Lockheed Martin crew checked it for dangerous heat, off-gassing, and unexploded ordinance at the site of the capsule to make sure it poses no danger to the team recovering the OSIRIS-REx samples.
They’ve now declared it safe to approach, so NASA will now prepare to pick it up.
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