"NASA Successfully Unlocks $1 Billion Asteroid Canister for Revealing Bennu Sample"
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NASA successfully unlocked a canister of asteroid dust collected by the Osiris-Rex mission from the 4.6 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu, which is classified as "potentially hazardous." After months of struggling with stuck fasteners, scientists at NASA's Johnson Space Center managed to open the canister without contaminating the samples with Earthly air. The 9-ounce sample will now be analyzed to provide insights into the early solar system and the formation of habitable environments.
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