OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Captured By Telescope On Day Before Returning Asteroid Samples To Earth
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Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project facility in Manciano, Italy captured NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The spacecraft deployed a capsule carrying bits of asteroid Bennu for a landing in Utah.
Credit: Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project | animation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Credit: Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project | animation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center