"NASA Successfully Unveils OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample"
TL;DR
NASA scientists successfully developed and used special tools to finally undo the last two stubborn screws on the container holding samples from the OSIRIS-REx mission, allowing access to rocks and dust from the 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. The screws had posed a challenge due to the need to preserve the integrity of the asteroid sample within a delicate environment. After extensive testing and development, the team celebrated their success on Twitter and will now analyze the Bennu samples before cataloging and preserving them.
- NASA Scientists Undo Stubborn Screws To Reveal Asteroid Sample Jalopnik
- NASA finally opens OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample canister after freeing stuck lid Space.com
- NASA Reveals Massive OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample ExtremeTech
- It's Open! Breathtaking First Look at The Contents of NASA's Bennu Asteroid Sampler ScienceAlert
- OSIRIS-REx's stuck asteroid sample canister finally cracked opened by NASA The Register
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