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Originally posted by NASA / @NASA@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1637919097047400452#m

Give your mail a cosmic commemoration!

On Sept. 24, #OSIRISRex spacecraft will deliver a capsule of asteroid material to Earth as part of its journey #ToBennuAndBack. @USPS announced an #OSIRISRExStamp to mark this epic delivery available later this year: https://go.nasa.gov/3lqhvNR

Originally posted by NASA / @NASA@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1636758919153348608#m

What could we do if an asteroid threatened Earth? 65 actor Adam Driver and @AsteroidWatch discuss how we monitor asteroids, preventing a possible impact, and why we’re bringing asteroid samples here with #OSIRISRex. (There are no known threats to Earth for 100+ years.)

Before #OSIRISREx arrived at asteroid Bennu, scientists thought it would be like a sandy beach. Instead they found a surface covered in boulders. But why? Scientists have solved the mystery: https://go.nasa.gov/3pt3Sgv

NEW: Researchers using data from our #OSIRISREx mission have gained more insight into asteroid Bennu’s trajectory through the year 2300. The findings could help us refine the orbits of other asteroids, and reduce uncertainties: https://go.nasa.gov/2VJnXSW

🔊 LIVE: Hear an important science update about #OSIRISREx, our asteroid sample return mission that went #ToBennuAndBack: http://nasa.gov/live

✨ Our @NASASolarSystem mission #OSIRISREx is on its way back to Earth with a sample from asteroid Bennu.

Listen in on an important #ToBennuAndBack science update on Wed, Aug. 11 at 1pm ET (17:00 UT): https://go.nasa.gov/3s3aCkl

RT from NASA Astrobiology: Exploring Life in the Universe (@NASAAstrobio)

Our #OSIRISRex mission collected a sample of asteroid Bennu and is now bringing its stories home to Earth. What do we hope to learn? Tune in today at 1pm ET for an #AskAstrobio panel episode with mission experts: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/ask-an-astrobiologist/

👋 Goodbye, asteroid Bennu! Yesterday, our #OSIRISREx spacecraft took a final image before departing for the journey back to Earth. In 2023, it'll arrive back at our home planet, delivering a sample of rocks & dust captured from the asteroid: https://go.nasa.gov/3feOnBM

RT from ULA (@ulalaunch)

In 2016, @NASASolarSystem #OSIRISREx’s historic journey to a near-Earth asteroid began as it lifted off on a ULA #AtlasV. Nearly 5 years later, we wish the spacecraft a safe journey home as it departs #Bennu returning the 1st asteroid sample. #ToBennuandBack #ExplorationEnabled

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After nearly 5 years in space, @NASASolarSystem's #OSIRISREx mission is heading to Earth with a sample of rocks & dust from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid!

🪨 ▪️▪️▪️🛰️▪️▪️▪️ 🌎

Check out how its mission #ToBennuAndBack exceeded our expectations: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-heads-for-earth-with-asteroid-sample

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RT from NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem)

Mission navigation has received confirmation of burn cutoff. #OSIRISREx is headed home with a souvenir of rocks and dusts from a 4.5-billion-year-old asteroid! #ToBennuAndBack

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🤘 LIVE: Rock on! Join us as @NASASolarSystem's #OSIRISREx mission bids farewell to asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft will fire its thrusters & start its journey home, carrying precious asteroid material that it will return to Earth in 2023:
#ToBennuAndBack https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1zqKVXaEXDpJB

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RT from NASA Astrobiology: Exploring Life in the Universe (@NASAAstrobio)

👋 So long and thanks for all the science!

Join us today at 4pm ET as @NASASolarSystem's #OSIRISREx mission bids farewell to asteroid Bennu. Watch live: https://youtu.be/otcgXyqbW-M #ToBennuAndBack

RT from NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem)

On #StarWarsDay, let us remind you the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field are…quite good.
- #OSIRISREx is preparing to return its sample to Earth
- #LucyMission will tour Trojan asteroids
- #MissionToPsyche will explore a metallic asteroid
https://go.nasa.gov/2Vw54Qe