These Researchers Finally Managed To Get Their Hands On NASA's First Asteroid Sample
The sample will be shared between NASA and other space agencies like JAXA, the Japanese space agency for research and testing.
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The sample will be shared between NASA and other space agencies like JAXA, the Japanese space agency for research and testing.
NASA has announced it finally cracked the lid of its asteroid sample collection container, revealing the remainder of the valuable Bennu samples.
NASA have reported that they are unable to open the OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM sampler head yet. An estimated 70g of sample has already been obtained from the sampler hardware, but the main bulk of the sample has yet to be accessed.
NASA's retrieval mission from the asteroid Bennu was overall successful, but the space agency has announced a problem with the container.
Science News: NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which recently successfully deposited a sample of asteroid Bennu in the Utah desert, is struggling to open the canister