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An asteroid sample is about to land on Earth. Here’s what to expect
CNN ^ | 9/21/23 | Ashley Strickland

Posted on 09/21/2023 12:16:08 PM PDT by DallasBiff

When the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft swings by Earth on Sunday, it is expected to deliver a rare cosmic gift: a pristine sample collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu

If all goes according to plan, the spacecraft will release a capsule containing an estimated 8.8 ounces of asteroid rocks and soil from space toward a landing zone in the Utah desert.

NASA will provide a live stream of the sample delivery beginning at 10 a.m. ET Sunday. The capsule is expected to enter Earth’s atmosphere at 10:42 a.m. ET, traveling about 27,650 miles per hour (44,498 kilometers per hour). It will land in Utah about 13 minutes later

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 101955bennu; andromedastrain; asteroid; asteroidbennu; asteroids; astronomy; osirisrex; science
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To: SaveFerris
Can't help you with that Chevy, but how about this '57 beauty we spotted in a gas station parking lot in Radium Hot Springs, BC last Sunday? He was there for the annual "Columbia Valley Classics Annual Show & Shine." We passed hundreds of classics leaving the show when we were driving toward Radium from Banff. This one was gorgeous. Cars were leaving on their own power, on open trailers, and in enclosed trailers.

Maybe they all got wind of the impending arrival of asteroid dust on the spacecraft.


21 posted on 09/21/2023 1:22:49 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Nice.

Love the tinted glass on both cars.


22 posted on 09/21/2023 1:50:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DallasBiff

Like covid wasn’t bad enough. 😆


23 posted on 09/21/2023 1:53:49 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: reasonisfaith

Until proven otherwise, this is part of a big conspiracy … unless it isn’t.


24 posted on 09/21/2023 2:28:05 PM PDT by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: aimhigh

“ So, it will burn up inside the capsule rather than outside the capsule. “

Whoa, I bet they didn’t think of that.
It’s probably too late to bring this to NASA’s attention.


25 posted on 09/21/2023 2:31:49 PM PDT by Reynoldo (BurnLootMurder)
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To: Reynoldo

Helps to remember that nothing the government does isn’t part of a big conspiracy.


26 posted on 09/21/2023 2:38:20 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: SaveFerris

The final photo got chopped down to square! It’s missing the sides. 😭


27 posted on 09/21/2023 3:00:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: tet68

lol...


28 posted on 09/21/2023 3:03:07 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
SQUEEZE!!
29 posted on 09/21/2023 3:07:56 PM PDT by CTyank
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