US EditionNASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
- NASA's Osiris-Rex mission successfully returned a capsule containing the largest sample ever collected from an asteroid. The capsule landed in the Utah desert, bringing back around 250g of rocks and dust from the carbon-rich asteroid Bennu.
- The sample collected from Bennu is important because it serves as a time capsule from the earliest history of the solar system. Experts believe that the pristine sample, which has almost zero contamination, will provide valuable information about the composition of asteroids and their role in the formation of the Earth.
- This mission marks a significant milestone for NASA as it is their first mission to collect a sample from an asteroid since 2020. The successful retrieval of the Bennu sample showcases the advancements in spacecraft technology and the ability to safely bring celestial specimens back to Earth for scientific study.
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NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of military land, as the mothership set off after another asteroid. “We have touchdown!” Mission Recovery Operations announced, immediately repeat…
NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft
NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote...
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