Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 08, 2022 9:00 am

DUGWAY, Utah: A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end on Sunday when a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) capsule landed in the desert in Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected.

Scientists have high hopes for the sample, saying it would provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable.

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