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"Osiris Rex" mission: capsule landed

It contains space material with Bennu asteroid dust

The space capsule that could explain the origins of the Universe landed on Earth yesterday. Transported to a military range, it was dismantled in preparation for the plane trip to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Then the 250 grams of rock, collected three years ago on the asteroid Bennu during the "Osiris Rex" space mission, will be distributed for analysis to scientists around the world.The...

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