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Asteroid Sample Stowed on OSIRIS-REx

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Tom Patton
Oct 28, 2020
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NASA instructed the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on October 27th to go ahead and store the large asteroid sample it collected last week from the surface of asteroid Bennu to protect and return as much of the sample as possible.

"I'm proud of the OSIRIS-REx team's amazing work and success to this point. This mission is well positioned to return a historic and su…

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