Nasa Brings First-Ever Asteroid Sample From Space to Earth

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This is a pretty cool story for the first time in its history. NASA successfully brought back samples of an asteroid 200 million miles away to be studied right here on earth. A capsule containing the samples touched down in the Utah Desert Sunday. Capping off the seven year Osoria rex mission. The samples which by the way are older than the earth itself were collected from an asteroid. The size of the Empire State Building. It's called nu scientists believe that studying their chemical and physical properties could offer clues about the formation of our solar system and the origins of life. After being stored in a temporary clean room, the samples are being transported today to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Researchers expect to get their first look at them sometime today or tomorrow. I wonder what we'll learn.