LINGGAUPOS.CO.ID – NASA has reportedly been able to crack open samples of the most valuable asteroids and rarest space rocks in their possession.
Taken from various sources cited Thursday 18 January 2024.
The asteroid in question is asteroid Bennu, which is the closest asteroid to Earth.
It was previously known that samples from the asteroid Bennu had successfully landed on Earth three months ago via NASA’s Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-Rex) mission.
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This asteroid sample is known to use a special capsule.
The information currently obtained says that experts managed to open the capsule using various very strict protocols.
Since the environment required for opening the capsule is very sterile, the tools used to open the capsule are also very limited.
Meanwhile, experts at the Johnson Space Center, where the Bennu asteroid sample facility is kept, had to spend weeks opening it.
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Eileen Stansberry, division chief at Johnson Space Center, explained that engineers designed and developed the latest tools to open the capsule containing samples from the asteroid Bennu.
“Our engineers and scientists have worked tirelessly behind the scenes for months to not only process more than 70 g of material we previously had access to, but also to design, develop and test new tools that will allow us to overcome this obstacle,” he has declared.
Besides that, he also appreciated the team for successfully opening the unusually large sample capsule of asteroid Bennu.
“The innovation and dedication of this team is extraordinary. We are all excited to see the remaining treasures of OSIRIS-REx,” he said.
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2024-01-18 12:30:00
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