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The sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after it landed in the desert, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, at the Department of Defense Test and Training Range in Utah. (Image credit: NASA/Keegan Barber)

NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing soil samples from an asteroid has landed safely in Utah and been transferred to a clean room

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The Osiris-Rex probe returns to Earth small samples of the asteroid Beno, a "real small world" for analysis
The Osiris Rex spacecraft is hovering over the Bennu asteroid. Illustration: shutterstock

Osiris Rex and the Beno Asteroid: Tension, Initiative and a 400g Specimen

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It turned out that the lid of the tank was stuck with a lump of soil and did not close. The decision made was to reduce as much as possible various operations and store the material as quickly as possible. In addition, two facilities that were essential for taking the soil samples and which were no longer essential were disconnected from the spacecraft. These actions made it possible to close the lid of the tank
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is poised to touch down on the surface of asteroid Ben. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

The Osiris Rex spacecraft successfully touched down on asteroid Benu in an attempt to obtain a sample

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In the coming week, the engineers and scientists of the mission will try to estimate the size of the collected sample, and if it is smaller than the target of 60 grams, another contact attempt will be made in January
The asteroid Beno, as photographed from the Osiris Rex spacecraft from an altitude of 24 km. Photo by NASA

Asteroid Bennu - interim summary before Osiris Rex collects a sample from it and returns it to DHA

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Asteroids pass by the Earth. Image: NASA

Considerable amounts of water were discovered in the Bennu asteroid, did the asteroids bring the water to Earth?

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