NASA would have considered a minimum of 60 grams to be a success, but scientists estimatethe capsule might contain two to six times that amount
A NASA still image released on Oct. 11, 2023, shows the OSIRIS-REx sample collector with sample material from asteroid Bennu.Seventeen days after a NASA capsule returned from its mission to sample a distant asteroid, scientists have started to reveal what they are finding inside.
The material was revealed when scientists turned over the device earlier this month in preparation for taking it apart. “The reason that we have oceans and lakes and rivers and rain is because these clay minerals, like the ones we’re seeing from Bennu landed on earth 4 billion years ago to 4.5 billion years ago, making our world habitable,” Dr. Lauretta said.
Collectively, the sample is expected to launch a new chapter in the geological and geochemical exploration of the solar system as researchers in the United States, Canada and beyond begin to probe and analyze it with every tool available to modern science. After an extensive period of remote sensing using cameras and a Canadian laser scanner, scientists selected a site where the spacecraft could approach the asteroid and touch the surface with an outstretched sample collection tool. The sample was then stowed inside a sealed capsule for the return trip to Earth, which concluded last month.
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