NASA opens the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample box (photos)

NASA opens the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample box (photos)

OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid sample case has been opened for the first time in more than seven years.

Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston lifted the outer lid of the canister on Tuesday (September 26), two days after the OSIRIS-REx return capsule touched down in the northern Utah desert.

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