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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium This Is How the First-Ever U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Will Unfold    Scientists are gearing up for a high-stakes finale to OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to snare a sample from an asteroid In the historic quest to bring samples from across the solar system back to Earth, the best mantra for success may be a simple, familiar phrase: “practice makes perfect.” At least, that’s the feeling from recent dry runs of the grand finale of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, an acronym for the megamouthful Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer. Launched in September 2016, OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to snare a sample from an asteroid. In October 2020 the spacecraft dutifully gathered bits and pieces of the space rock Bennu, an ancient rubble pile of diverse leftovers from the early days of the solar system’s creation about 4.5 billion years ago. Now, it’s en route back to Earth, seeking to return that precious payload safely to terra firma in a thrilling act of interplanetary derring-do set to unfold in the early-morning hours of September 24. Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Powering England with the world's largest offshore wind farm    Last August, President Biden signed a sweeping climate bill into law, making wind power a priority. specifically, offshore wind power.  The goal is to capture the force of the wind in the open seas and convert it into power for 10 million American homes by 2030.  We have a long way to go. There are only seven offshore wind turbines off the coast of the United states compared to nearly 6,000 in Europe. Continued here

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