"NASA Unveils Contents of Freed Asteroid Sample Canister"

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"NASA Unveils Contents of Freed Asteroid Sample Canister"
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NASA successfully removed two stuck fasteners on the lid of the return capsule from its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, revealing 2.48 ounces of asteroid material collected from the space rock Bennu. The remaining material, including dust and rocks up to 0.4 inch in size, will be analyzed in the coming weeks. The spacecraft has been sent on a second mission to the asteroid Apophis, now named OSIRIS-APEX, to study the space rock and its surface.

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