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NASA spacecraft brings asteroid sample from deep space back to Earth for study

By Asher Notheis
Published September 26, 2023 2:22pm ET
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NASA spacecraft brings asteroid sample from deep space back to Earth for study
Recovery team members examine a capsule containing NASA's first asteroid samples before it is taken to a temporary clean room at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the capsule following a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back. | (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)


A spacecraft that successfully returned from deep space carrying samples of an asteroid has been transported to Houston, where scientists will study the samples.

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