"NASA Successfully Retrieves Full Bennu Asteroid Sample After Overcoming Fastener Obstacles"
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NASA successfully released a trapped sample of rocks and dust from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which had been stuck behind fasteners for months. The space agency used specially designed surgical steel tools to pry open the mechanism and plans to photograph, extract, and weigh the hidden cache. Previous analysis of material from Bennu revealed abundant water and carbon, providing insights into the origins of water on Earth.
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- NASA Finally Removes Last Two Fasteners To Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample IFLScience
- NASA finally pops lid on samples from asteroid Bennu Arizona Daily Star
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx Team Clears Hurdle to Access Remaining Bennu Sample – OSIRIS-REx Mission NASA Blogs
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