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🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | Osiris Rex returns samples to Earth, this week on Planetary Radio. |
0:13.5 | I'm Sarah Alahmet of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our |
0:17.9 | solar system and beyond. |
0:20.6 | On September 24, after traversing a staggering 7.1 billion kilometers over seven years, |
0:27.8 | NASA's Osiris Rex spacecraft triumphantly delivered a sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth. |
0:33.2 | Joining us to recount her firsthand experience at the sample return in Utah is Ray Pauletta, |
0:38.1 | the director of content and engagement at the Planetary Society. |
0:41.8 | She'll introduce us to Mike Puzio, the young man who named asteroid Bennu, and his father, |
0:46.6 | Larry Puzio. |
0:48.2 | Then Danny Glavin, the co-investigator for Osiris Rex, will share the next steps for the asteroid |
0:53.1 | samples and the spacecraft. |
0:55.8 | Make sure you stick around until the end for what's up with Bruce Betz, the chief scientist |
0:59.6 | of the Planetary Society, as we digest this huge moment in space history. |
1:05.7 | If you love Planetary Radio and want to stay informed in the latest space discoveries, |
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1:14.4 | By subscribing, you'll never miss an episode filled with new and awe-inspiring ways to |
1:19.1 | know the cosmos and are placed within it. |
1:22.4 | NASA's Osiris Rex mission launched in September 2016 with a primary goal to retrieve a sample |
1:29.0 | from asteroid Bennu. |
1:31.3 | Samples of asteroids like Bennu can teach us a lot about the early solar system and potentially |
1:35.8 | about the origins of life on Earth. |
1:38.3 | These primordial relics have remained largely unchanged since the early days of our solar |
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