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Updated 2026-04-30 03:07

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NASA's Bennu Samples Reveal Complex Origins, Dramatic ...

“The OSIRIS-REx team has already performed amazing feats characterizing and sampling asteroid Bennu,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator from the University of Arizona, Tucson. “These accomplishments are the direct result of the extensive training and rehearsals that we performed every step of the way. We are bringing that level of discipline and dedication to this final phase of the flight operations.” … October 17, 2022 - NASA’s first asteroid sample return spacecraft,...

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enPR: ăs'tə-roid", IPA^(key)^: /ˈæst(ə)ɹɔɪd/ … Homophone: astroid (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -ɔɪd … IPA^(key)^: /ɑsteˈroi̯d̥/, [ɑsteˈroi̯d̥], /ˈɑsteroi̯d̥/, [ˈɑsteˌroi̯d̥] … IPA^(key)^: [asteˈroɪt̚] Hyphenation: as‧té‧ro‧id

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