TweakTown

NASA drops update on new asteroid sample and the problem with its container

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. NASA has issued an update on its asteroid sample collection mission, officially dubbed OSIRIS-REx, revealing a problem with the container that transported ...
TweakTown

NASA announces 'problem' with asteroid sample after scientists cracked the capsule open

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. NASA researchers have cracked open the capsule containing the space agency's first asteroid sample, collected from the asteroid named Bennu. NASA took to ...
gizmodo

NASA’s Answer to Mars Sample Return Problem: Develop Two Plans

The Perseverance rover has been collecting Martian rock samples since 2021, but NASA is still figuring out how to bring them back to Earth. Reading time 3 minutes NASA’s Perseverance rover has been ...
CNN

Pleasant surprise greets scientists opening asteroid sample dropped from space

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists have ...
Los Angeles Times

NASA’s attempt to bring home part of Mars is unprecedented. The mission’s problems are not

Massive cost overruns. Key deadlines slipping out of reach. Problems of unprecedented complexity, and a generation’s worth of scientific progress contingent upon solving them. That’s the current state ...