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'Touchdown': NASA control room rejoices as first asteroid samples land on Earth
1 year, 3 months ago

'Touchdown': NASA control room rejoices as first asteroid samples land on Earth

Hindustan Times  

NASA's first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. This image taken from video provided by NASA TV shows the capsule released by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft lying on the surface near the parachute after landing to Earth. Preserved building blocks from the dawn of our solar system 4.5 billion years …

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NASA capsule carrying first asteroid samples lands on Earth
1 year, 3 months ago

NASA capsule carrying first asteroid samples lands on Earth

The Hindu  

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert on September 24 to cap a seven-year journey. Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened. Preserved building blocks from the dawn of our solar system 4.5 …

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Capsule with NASA’s first asteroid samples lands on Earth after release from spacecraft
1 year, 3 months ago

Capsule with NASA’s first asteroid samples lands on Earth after release from spacecraft

LA Times  

Mission operations assurance lead Graham Miller, left, recovery specialist Michael Kaye, and recovery specialist Levi Hanish, right, all with Lockheed Martin, prepare the sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission for transport after it landed at the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range on Sunday. A helicopter transports a capsule carrying NASA’s first asteroid samples at Dugway Proving …

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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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What will ‘cosmic detective’ OSIRIS-REx bring back on September 24? | Explained
1 year, 3 months ago

What will ‘cosmic detective’ OSIRIS-REx bring back on September 24? | Explained

The Hindu  

Come September 24, and debris from an alien world will land on the earth. NASA’s asteroid hunting spacecraft OSIRIS-REx – short for Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer – will drop a capsule containing pristine asteroid material in the Utah desert. The astro-material brought back by OSIRIS-REx, he added, “may provide scientists with valuable insights into how planets formed, what materials were …

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NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash
1 year, 3 months ago

NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash

NPR  

NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona If all goes as planned, on Sunday morning a bell-shaped space capsule the size of a mini-fridge will come screaming down through the atmosphere toward a Utah desert. That moment "was gut-wrenching," says …

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