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NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth in stunning live video after release from spacecraft - SEVEN years after $1Billion OSIRIS-REx launch
1 year, 3 months ago

NASA's first asteroid samples land on Earth in stunning live video after release from spacecraft - SEVEN years after $1Billion OSIRIS-REx launch

Daily Mail  

NASA scientists screamed in delight as they watched a parachute deliver their first samples of material from a world beyond the Moon. The capsule came to a rest in the Utah desert on Sunday morning after being dropped by parachute NASA scientists had to the test the nearby air and soil for extra-terrestrial contaminants before touching the capsule ‘The biggest …

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NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter
1 year, 3 months ago

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter

NPR  

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter Enlarge this image toggle caption Keegan Barber/NASA Keegan Barber/NASA Scientists are exulting over the safe arrival of a canister containing about a cup's worth of asteroid rocks, collected 200 million miles away, that landed in a Utah desert after a 7-year NASA mission sent to retrieve them. …

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Asteroid Bennu samples spill back into space from jammed Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx
4 years, 2 months ago

Asteroid Bennu samples spill back into space from jammed Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx

India Today  

Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx, that collected sample from a diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu earlier this week, is now stuffed with so much rubble from this week's grab that it's jammed open and precious particles are spilling back out into space, scientists said on Friday. In the "Touch-and-Go" mission carried out on Tuesday, Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx managed to tag asteroid Bennu and collect …

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NASA asteroid surface sampling on asteroid Bennu likely successful
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA asteroid surface sampling on asteroid Bennu likely successful

Hindustan Times  

NASA on Wednesday released its first images of a sampling operation carried out on the asteroid Bennu, which appeared to show successful recovery of rock and dust, or as one official put it, “the kind of mess we were hoping for.” In this image taken from video released by NASA, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft touches the surface of asteroid Bennu on …

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A NASA Spacecraft Successfully Touched Down On A Rocky Asteroid
4 years, 2 months ago

A NASA Spacecraft Successfully Touched Down On A Rocky Asteroid

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A NASA Spacecraft Successfully Touched Down On A Rocky Asteroid Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Updated at 7:30 p.m. ET A NASA spacecraft successfully touched down on a skyscraper-sized asteroid 200 million miles away, in order to collect a small amount of rock and dust that can then be returned to Earth. Enlarge this …

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