NASA's first asteroid samples land on earth after 7 year journey

NASA's first asteroid samples land on earth after 7 year journey

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The data gleaned by the space mission will likely help scientists with any asteroid-deflection efforts in the future. NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert on Sunday, capping off a seven-year journey. In a flyby of earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft…

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