# @nasa on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CuIGcTLOq95
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7846365-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-06-30T19:40:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

Happy #AsteroidDay, junior stargazers!⁣⁣
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In September 2023, scientists with NASASolarSystem's OSIRIS-REx mission will gather in the Utah desert for the arrival of the largest asteroid sample ever received on Earth.⁣⁣
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“Asteroid City” actors, including Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, maya_hawke, rupertfriend and jfreewright, join NASA OSIRIS-REx sample expert Dr. Danny Glavin to discuss how studying the asteroid sample will give scientists insight into how the early solar system formed and how life began on Earth.⁣⁣
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After a seven-year round trip journey that included mapping Bennu’s surface (a near-Earth asteroid that is no threat to our planet), identifying minerals and chemicals, and collecting a sample from the surface, OSIRIS-REx is on its way back to Earth with more than eight ounces of material.⁣⁣
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Producers: Scott Bednar, Jessica Wilde, Emily Furfaro, Sami Aziz, Molly Wasser⁣⁣
Editor: Jessica Wilde⁣⁣
Movie Footage courtesy of Focus Features Asteroid City ⁣⁣

Credit: NASA⁣⁣
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#Asteroid #AsteroidCity #NASA #space #meteor #movies #WesAnderson #OREx #OSIRISREx

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