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NASA to Host Media for Asteroid Capsule Drop Test Briefing in Utah

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As part of the visit, NASA will host a news conference on the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer) sample capsule’s landing and recovery plans from the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range no earlier than 5 p.m. EDT (3 p.m. MDT). The news conference will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

News conference participants are:

  • Melissa Morris, OSIRIS-REx program executive, NASA Headquarters, Washington
  • Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, University of Arizona, Tucson
  • Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REx project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
  • Sandra Freund, OSIRIS-REx program manager, Lockheed Martin, Littleton, Colorado
  • Kevin Righter, OSIRIS-REx deputy curation lead, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston