NASA Brought an Asteroid Sample Back to Earth

A NASA spacecraft just returned to earth with part of an asteroid inside it! Back in 2016, NASA's OSIRIS-REx team sent a robotic spacecraft to collect a sample from the asteroid Bennu, which was chosen because it’s over 4.5 billion years old, carbon-rich, and might contain the biochemical building blocks for life. Here's how they captured a piece of the asteroid and why it matters...

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[hellohaveagoodday]

Its kind of funny that it spent 2 years meticulously mapping out this asteroid to only find out that it isnt solid and fell right into it

[nikitaunni]

I love how casually Cleo says "asteroid bits were flying everywhere"

[andrew]

Asteroids = solid rock:❌
Asteroids = floating gravel ball:✅

[SYBIOTE]

can we appreciate the fact that, this spacecraft not only got to a specific asteroid, much smaller than any celestial body we can see, mapped it, landed, collected samples, handled an unexpected scenario and made it back without any problem, all, over the span of a decade. I cannot imagine the amazing and talented engineering minds and hands which came together to build something so magnificent

[lisabeth]

I actually remember seeing that rocket launch into space. I was about 10 years old and I remember telling my parents how old I would be (I'm 17 now) when it would come back to Earth. It’s awesome to actually get an update about it.

[Neon]

And this kids, is how the first symbiote arrived on earth in the year 2023
~ A human survivor in the year 2050

[H........]

Bennu: (is mapped out for 2 years to determine what it is)

Also Bennu: (isnt solid for some reason)

[Youchickenquestionmark.]

This is how it feels when you step onto the ground and it turns out to be water

[EpicBenjo]

“And that was how the symbiote came to Earth”

[YnseSchaap]

This is usually the moment where the movie gets good 😁

[when_facts_speak]

The amount of perfection in maths to perform this in this giant universe 😅

[wesleythomas]

"More rocks for my collection!"
-NASA, probably.

[ProcashFloyd]

This is what humanity should strive for, not killing each other.

[copperpumpkin]

This is what the first balloon pilot to reach into the clouds must have felt when he realized they weren't solid objects

[Fideli-imperatori]

This is so cool, I'm living in the future

[noxabellus]

I remember when this launched, thinking "awe man its going to take so long to hear back on this" but it actually feels like yesterday. Makes me feel old, just hear my dad talking about time flying

[CommentorX]

NASA released preliminary findings: "My God, it's full of stars."

[hjkdjoh]

Fun Fact: Queen guitarist Dr Brian May and colleague Claudia Manzoni helped NASA find and plot a safe location on Bennu to land the OSIRIS-REx probe.

[pvp]

Nobody programed the probe to check for quicksand. Classic mistake. Could never be a Millennial, we spent our lives in fear of that very situation.

[KaleemCerie]

Worth noting that the lead guitarist of QUEEN helped choose the landing site because he’s a proper scientist