The sample weighing a few hundred grams in the capsule is to be parachuted into the Utah desert in the United States.
The Osiris-Rex probe of the US space administration NASA will drop samples collected from the surface of the Bennu asteroid in 2020 to Earth. The probe will fly past the Earth at around 6 am Finnish time.
The sample, weighing several hundred grams, is in a capsule that is to be flown by parachute to the Utah desert in the United States.
A 4.5-billion-year-old sample from the early days of the solar system is of immeasurable scientific value.
The probe itself continues its journey to study the next asteroid. It will arrive in 2029.
Sources: Reuters, STT