"NASA Successfully Retrieves Largest-Ever Asteroid Dust Sample"
TL;DR
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.
Topics:sciencespace-exploration#asteroid-dust#nasa#osiris-rex#sample-collection#space-exploration#space-mission
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- NASA finally unlocks asteroid sample trapped behind stuck fasteners CNN
- NASA Finally Removes Last Two Fasteners To Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample IFLScience
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx Team Clears Hurdle to Access Remaining Bennu Sample – OSIRIS-REx Mission NASA Blogs
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