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  • OSIRIS-REx launched on Sept. 8, 2016, and arrived at asteroid Bennu on Dec. 3, 2018. It began orbiting the carbon-rich rock on Dec. 31, 2018. The spacecraft briefly touched down on Bennu in October 2020 and gathered an estimated cupful of material. Seven months later, it departed Bennu on a 1.2-billion-mile cruise back to Earth.

OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to bring the sample back to Earth today (Sept. 24, 2023) at 8:00am.

This photo from NASA, shows the OSIRIS-REx team practicing the recovery process with a mock sample return capsule. 

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  • Sky Alert! We’re welcoming the September equinox with open arms. The equinox occurs at 11:50pm PDT and as the sun shines directly on the equator, there will be equal parts of day and night throughout the entire world. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is also the first day of Fall, and the first day of Spring in the Southern Hemisphere.

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  • Last week our Multimedia Producer Mily Mumford (@milygrams) visited the Canadian Space Agency to interview Canadian space researchers about their work supporting Canada's contributions to the Artemis missions and Lunar Gateway! ✨

These interviews will be featured in upcoming episodes of Space Jams, our new YouTube space education series directed by Mily and featuring our Astronomer Marley Leacock. 

➡️Check out the link in bio for Space Jams episodes.
  • Have a burning question about #space? Ask our astronomer!

Join us for the next installment of our "Ask an Astronomer" live stream series with our Astronomer, Marley Leacock. Join us on YouTube or Facebook live to watch.
After a short presentation on current space news there will be time to answer your questions. If you’d like to ask a question be sure to join in the chat on the live stream and ask away; you can find the link in bio! #astronomy

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