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space-exploration2 years ago•2 min saved

"NASA Successfully Unlocks $1 Billion Asteroid Canister for Revealing Bennu Sample"

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.

via The Guardian|

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space-exploration2 years ago•2 min saved

"NASA Successfully Retrieves Largest-Ever Asteroid Dust Sample"

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully opened the sample container, allowing scientists to access the rocks and dirt collected from asteroid Bennu. The team had to develop new tools to disassemble the container, overcoming the challenge of stubborn fasteners. This marks a significant achievement in space exploration, as the largest haul of asteroid dirt ever collected and delivered to Earth by a human mission can now be studied and shared with the global scientific community. OSIRIS-REx, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX, is en route to rendezvous with another asteroid, Apophis, in 2029.

via ScienceAlert|

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