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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...
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...
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...
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...