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- NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has returned to Earth in the Utah desert on September 24.
- This is NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission.
- The Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 100,000 km (63,000 miles) out. The small capsule landed four hours later in a remote area.
- This sample of asteroids will help in knowing more about the origin of organics that may have led to life on Earth.
- It will also help in knowing more about how the solar system has formed.
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected the samples from the surface of the Bennu asteroid.
- The pebbles and dust brought on September 24 are the biggest haul sample after the sample brought from the moon.
- The collected samples will be kept in a dedicated curation laboratory at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
- Japan is the only other country to bring back asteroid samples.
- Asteroids: These are small rock-like structures that revolve around the Sun. These are found orbiting around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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