A Gift From Space: UArizona-Led OSIRIS-REx Mission Delivers Largest-Ever Asteroid Sample to Earth
September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
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The delivery from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after the spacecraft launched, marks the end of the space-voyaging phase of the mission. Scientists will now study the rocks and dust to better understand the origins of life on Earth.
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After years of anticipation and hard work by the mission team, the University of Arizona-led NASA OSIR . . .
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The delivery from the asteroid Bennu, seven years after the spacecraft launched, marks the end of the space-voyaging phase of the mission. Scientists will now study the rocks and dust to better understand the origins of life on Earth.
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After years of anticipation and hard work by the mission team, the University of Arizona-led NASA OSIR . . .