"NASA Successfully Opens OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Canister After Months-Long Effort"
TL;DR
NASA successfully opened the canister containing a dirt sample collected from the asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft after months of struggling with fasteners. The sample, which includes dust and rocks up to about one centimeter in size, will be analyzed for water and carbon content. Despite the completion of the OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft is now headed towards its next target asteroid, 99942 Apophis.
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