NASA researchers are scrutinizing rocks and dirt brought to Earth from the asteroid Bennu Linda Shiner The tinfoil-covered vial at right holds about four grams of an asteroid brought to Earth from ...
On Sept. 24, 2023 NASA recovered a 250-gram dust sample from the Bennu asteroid, marking the first sample return of its kind in America and concluding the seven-year OSIRIS-REx mission. The asteroid ...
In the 2.5 months since NASA’s first asteroid sample-return mission landed safely on Earth, technicians have carefully plucked more than 70 grams of asteroid dust and pebbles from the spacecraft’s ...