This First Peek Inside NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Capsule Is a Glimpse Back in Time

At long last, NASA’s curation scientists have revealed what OSIRIS-REx ferried back from an asteroid 100 million miles away. The seven-year mission scooped up a rock sample from Bennu in 2020, then returned it to Earth in September, parachuting it down into the Utah desert. Scientists painstakingly cleaned and shipped the capsule to Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, making sure none of the rocks were contaminated by exposure to oxygen, moisture, or earthly bacteria, and they’re now analyzing the precious cargo.

This morning, NASA staged a public reveal in front of a small audience of reporters, policymakers, and students from local school districts, and also streamed it live on

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