NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters
NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters Victoria Thiem, system safety engineer from Lockheed Martin, checks the temperature of the actual size OSIRIS-REx’s return capsule sample during the recovery rehearsal at Lockheed Martin, Waterton Canyon campus in Littleton, Colorado on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. | Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver PostThe OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has ...