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A treasure trove of pristine asteroid samples is arriving at Earth this weekend
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter 7 years in deep space, a NASA spacecraft is nearly home again with a delivery of precious...
NASA's OSIRIS mission delivered asteroid samples to Earth
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe OSIRIS-REx spacecraft contacts the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism, or...
NASA spacecraft brings asteroid samples back to Earth
CBS News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA saucer-shaped capsule carrying asteroid fragments that may hold clues about the birth of the solar...
This fall NASA is all about asteroids. What we could learn from these three missions
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThis fall, NASA is all about asteroids. OSIRIS-REx's brought samples from Bennu; Psyche will visit a...
OSIRIS-REx's Dante Lauretta shares final preparations for Sept. 24 asteroid-sample return
Space via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will see a sample of an asteroid return to Earth on Sept. 24. Here's how...
How much of asteroid Bennu is NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe delivering to Earth this weekend?
Space via Yahoo News· 9 months agoNASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is delivering a precious haul of asteroid dirt and gravel to Earth this...
NASA says asteroid samples will land on Earth Sunday after fiery descent
CBS News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe OSIRIS-REx sample return in Utah will bring a seven-year, four-billion-mile journey to a close,...
Queen legend Brian May helped NASA ace its asteroid-sampling mission, new book reveals
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoQueen guitarist Brian May and the chief scientist of NASA's asteroid-sampling OSIRIS-REx mission...
How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close...