Scientists estimate the capsule holds at least a cup of rubble from the carbon-rich asteroid known as Bennu, but won’t know for sure until the container is opened.
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One American, 2 Russians blast off in Russian capsule to International Space Station
The crew was due to arrive 3 hours later, joining 7 station residents from the U.S., Russia, Denmark, and Japan.
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Boeing’s 1st astronaut flight bumped into next year, more repairs needed
NASA hired Boeing and SpaceX nearly a decade ago to deliver astronauts to and from the space station. SpaceX is now 3 years into its taxi service. Boeing has only had a pair of space test flights with no one aboard.
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NASA’s first new wind tunnel in 40 years will turn science fiction to fact
The $43.2 million federal government contract to design and build the 25,000-square-foot facility went to BL Harbert International, a construction company based in Alabama.
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NASA picks Bezos’ Blue Origin to build lunar landers for moonwalkers
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has won a NASA contract to land astronauts on the moon, two years after losing out to SpaceX
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Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn
The size and maturity of these 6 apparent mega-galaxies stun scientists and upend current thinking about early galaxy formation.
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Strange DNA found in the desert offers lessons in the hunt for Mars life
Scientists have never found an example of life beyond Earth, but a general assumption is that ‘habitable’ worlds will become inhabited – that life emerges, somehow, under the right conditions.
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Christa McAuliffe memorial to be built at New Hampshire Statehouse
McAuliffe would have been NASA’s first designated teacher in space. She and six crewmates were killed when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart shortly after takeoff 37 years ago.
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Green comet that last visited 50,000 years ago is once again headed our way
The dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times, according to NASA.
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A 19-foot asteroid will come ‘very close’ to Earth tonight, NASA says
NASA was quick to reassure people that the asteroid, which is estimated at between 11 feet and 28 feet feet across, would not end life as we know it on our planet.