OSIRIS REx Asteroid Sample Return lid opening at Building 31 of the Astromaterials Curation Facility Sept. 26, 2023.
In total, OSIRIS-REx collected around 120 grams of material, which is about the weight of a bar of soap and double the mission-required amount. The invaluable samples were divvied up and loaned to researchers around the world to analyze, including those studied at the Smithsonian.
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