NASA lab hopes to find life's building blocks in asteroid sample

NASA lab hopes to find life's building blocks in asteroid sample

Space Daily

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Houston (AFP) July 25, 2023

Eager scientists and a gleaming lab awaits. A sample from the asteroid Bennu, which could be key to understanding the formation of the solar system and our own planet, is set to be analyzed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston after it reaches Earth in late September. The precious cargo is currently aboard OSIRIS-REx, a US space probe launched in 2016 to Bennu, which orbits the Sun

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