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"OSIRIS-REx Mission: Capturing Clues to an Ancient Ocean World"

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Source: Gizmodo
"OSIRIS-REx Mission: Capturing Clues to an Ancient Ocean World"
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully collected and delivered 4.29 ounces (121.6 grams) of material from asteroid Bennu, more than double the mission's goal, after struggling to open the sample canister. The sample will be divided among a team of 230 scientists for analysis, with at least 70 percent kept at Johnson Space Center for future research and some made available for public display.

Topics:sciencespace-exploration#asteroid-bennu#nasa#osiris-rex#space-exploration#space-rocks#space-sample
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  1. We Finally Know How Much of That Asteroid OSIRIS-REx Grabbed in Space  Gizmodo
  2. NASA Announces OSIRIS-REx Bulk Sample Mass – OSIRIS-REx Mission  NASA Blogs
  3. First Look at Asteroid Hints It's a Fragment of a Lost Ocean World  ScienceAlert
  4. 1st look at asteroid Bennu samples suggests space rock may even be 'a fragment of an ancient ocean world'  Space.com
  5. NASA's OSIRIS-Rex nabbed over 120 grams of space rocks from asteroid Bennu  Science News Magazine

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