Scientists have eagerly awaited the opportunity to dig into the 4.3-ounce (121.6-gram) pristine asteroid Bennu sample collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission since it was delivered to Earth last fall. They hoped the material would hold secrets of the solar system’s past and the prebiotic chemistry […]
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OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer), Asteroids, Astrobiology, Astromaterials, Bennu, Goddard Space Flight Center, Johnson Space Center, Planetary Science, The Solar System
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June 26, 2024
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