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Original – The OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule upon landing in Utah on 24 September 2023
Alt - better view of the landing area in the Utah Test and Training Range
Reason
Quality photo of the OSIRIS-REx mission's sample return capsule upon landing in September 2023. The capsule returned samples collected from the Bennu asteroid in October 2020.
Articles in which this image appears
OSIRIS-REx, Sample-return mission, Comet Nucleus Dust and Organics Return, Extraterrestrial sample curation, +4
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Understanding
Creator
NASA/Keegan Barber
  • I don't think the Alt is a better image in the mission article: OSIRIS-REx, and I am not sure it will remain stable there, if added. The other listed articles are too generic for either photo. If the Alt image is not in the mission article and stable, then it has my oppose vote, in favor of my support vote for the Original image. Bammesk (talk) 00:07, 13 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It wasn't staged, brushed down and straightened! The tilt is from front to back, not side to side, so it doesn't show in a frontal photo. Yes the parachute remnant was removed, and an orange sticker was placed on what appears to be a sensor hole (I suppose to prevent contamination). That's normal procedure, not manipulation. Not a disqualifier as far as I am concerned. Bammesk (talk) 18:26, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 20:28, 18 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]