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NASA’s Asteroid Sample Arrives Back On Earth

NASA’s Asteroid Sample Arrives Back On Earth

By /September 25, 2023 /Local News

(Washington, DC) — The first asteroid sample collected in space by NASA is back on Earth. NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft released a capsule containing soil from the asteroid Bennu which then safely parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday west of Salt Lake City. The robotic spacecraft was launched in 2016 and […]

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BYU helping NASA prep for human mission to Mars

BYU helping NASA prep for human mission to Mars

By /July 4, 2019 /Local News

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Researchers at Brigham Young University are helping with a NASA-sponsored project measuring the electrical charge and size of dust particles on Mars. The BYU group is nearing completion of the three-year project that hopes to understand the climate of the Red Planet and the impact the […]

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