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NASA Is Struggling to Open Its Asteroid Sample Container
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About a month ago, pristine samples from an asteroid landed on Earth while enclosed within a tight capsule. The sample ...
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Video Shows NASA Probe Dispatching Asteroid Capsule to Earth
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A view from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it dropped off its sample canister on September 24.Gif: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed ...
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Telescope Spots OSIRIS-REx Returning From Asteroid Bennu
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NASA’s $800 million OSIRIS-REx mission launched to space in September 2016 with a simple, albeit ambitious, objective: travel to a ...