After Delivery to Earth, What’s Next for NASA’s Asteroid Sample?
Earth just got a special deliverance : patch of an ancient asteroid that were snagged directly from the germ and dropped off in the westerly Utah desert . After traveling through space for nearly three years , the journey is just beginning for the valued rock-and-roll sample distribution , which could help oneself scientists figure out the story of life . On Sunday , NASA ’s OSIRIS - RExdropped off a capsule of rocks and dustcollected from asteroid Bennu at the Department of Defense ’s Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City ....