NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully delivers asteroid sample to Earth
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which launched in 2016 with the goal of collecting a sample from the asteroid Bennu, is set to drop off its precious cargo in the Utah desert this weekend. The sample will be whisked away to a clean room for analysis, potentially providing insights into the beginning of our solar system and the composition of near-Earth asteroids. The spacecraft will then continue its mission to explore the asteroid Apophis.
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