WATCH LIVE: NASA to review plan to recover asteroid sample

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FILE – This undated image made available by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. On Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, scientists said they have a better handle on asteroid Bennu’s whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than previously thought. But don’t be alarmed: Scientists reported that the odds are still quite low that Bennu will hit us in the next century. (NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/CSA/York/MDA via AP)<br/><br/>NASA held an update on the Bennu mission on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. AP

WATCH LIVE: NASA to review plan to recover asteroid sample

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NASA is holding a news conference on Wednesday to discuss the latest plan to recover samples from the asteroid Bennu, which will return to the Earth through the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in September.

The latest plan is for the spacecraft to deposit the samples from the surface of the asteroid in the Utah desert on Sept. 24. The spacecraft is not expected to land but will release a capsule over the Earth’s atmosphere, which will then land in Utah, according to NASA.

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The mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed, as well as improve scientists’ understanding of asteroids that could hit the Earth.

The news conference is expected to start at 5 p.m. EDT time.

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