Canada to Receive Sample of Asteroid Bennu From NASA

Samples of Asteroid Bennu landed in the Utah desert on Sept. 24.

NASA scientists prepare the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission for transport shortly after the capsule landed at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range, on Sept. 24, 2023. Keegan Barber/NASA/Getty Images

In return for the Canadian Space Agency’s contribution to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, agency scientists will receive a portion of asteroid material collected by the mission.

Samples of Asteroid Bennu landed in the Utah desert on Sept. 24 at 10:52 a.m. Eastern Time, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced in a press release the same day.