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NASA scientists hope the studying the asteroid could glean valuable information about how planets are formed. There is also the added incentive of the possibility it contains untold wealth in the form of rare metals
NASA has completed its first-ever sample return mission from an asteroid, first launched in 2016, as a capsule containing a sample of the Bennu asteroid was successfully returned to Earth on September 24, 2023.
Touch down - Asteroid Bennu sample successfully lands on Earth
Apollo 1 became one most infamous space race disasters in which three astronauts lost their lives in a simple training exercise which sparked a horrific fire
A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid has streaked through Earth's atmosphere and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists. The final descent and landing, shown on a NASA livestream, capped a six-year joint mission between the US space agency and the University of Arizona.