NASA Successfully Opens Asteroid Capsule in Milestone Mission
NASA opens OSIRIS-REx capsule, overcoming delays. Inside: pristine rocks from asteroid Bennu. Samples may reveal solar system’s origins, Earth’s early conditions. Months after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft triumphantly returned to Earth carrying a capsule brimming with grit and dust from the asteroid Bennu, scientists have overcome challenges to open the capsule’s lid, revealing a treasure trove … Read more