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Probe Discovers 20 Ingredients for Life on Asteroid Currently In Space
The returned samples containing amino acids from the Ryugu asteroid haven't been contaminated by falling to Earth.
China Just Successfully Hauled Moon Rocks Back to Earth
The nation is the third country to perform a lunar sample return mission, after the delivery of Moon material to Mongolia on Wednesday.
Chang'e-5 Lunar Grab-and-Go Mission Is Already Flying Back to Earth
The mission’s ascent vehicle has left the Moon, carrying its valuable cargo of lunar rocks, and is headed for a rendezvous and pass-off in lunar orbit.
China Launches Mission to Collect First Moon Samples Since the 1970s
Chang’e-5 is tasked with collecting lunar samples and bringing them back to Earth next month.
NASA Landed a Probe on an Ancient Asteroid and Took a Sample In First for U.S.
"A piece of primordial rock that has witnessed our solar system’s entire history may now be ready to come home for generations of scientific discovery,” said a NASA scientist of the U.S.'s first attempt to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
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