"NASA's OSIRIS-REx Mission Exceeds Expectations, Returns Double the Expected Asteroid Rubble"
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected double the expected amount of asteroid samples from Bennu, marking the biggest carbon-rich asteroid sample ever delivered to Earth. The mission, costing $800 million, encountered delays due to stuck fasteners, but the team successfully retrieved the remaining sample earlier this year. The samples will be stored at Houston's Johnson Space Center for further research, with a catalog to be released for global scientific community requests.
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