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Artist rendering of NASA Stardust capsule returning to Earth. The Stardust spacecraft will bring back samples of...
Artist rendering of NASA Stardust capsule returning to Earth. The Stardust spacecraft will bring back samples of...
After a seven-year journey to asteroid Bennu and back, the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule landed in the Utah...
OSIRIS-REx Press Conference following the successful recovery of the sample return capsule, held at the Dugway...
The Earth Return Orbiter (ERO) is one of the flight missions making up the Mars Sample Return campaign to bring...
This movie shows rehearsal of the initial processing of the sample return capsule when it is taken to a temporary...
This image shows the return capsule inside a protective covering. The capsule, which landed at 2:10 a.m. Pacific...
The capsule contains cometary and interstellar samples gathered by NASA Stardust spacecraft.
The capsule contains cometary and interstellar samples gathered by NASA Stardust spacecraft. Here, the capsule is...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen following rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen from the cockpit of a helicopter as recovery teams participate...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
A recovery team member is seen with the training model of the sample return capsule following a drop test in...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
NASA’s Genesis mission has completed the capture of solar-wind particles in its specially designed collector arrays....
From left to right, NASA Astromatierals Curator Francis McCubbin, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott...
From left to right, NASA Sample Return Capsule Science Lead Scott Sandford, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis...
From left to right, NASA Astromaterials Curator Francis McCubbin, University of Arizona OSIRIS-REx Principal...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Stardust spacecraft is ready for the sample return capsule to be...
This illustration shows the proposed process for safely recovering, containing, and transporting Mars samples...
The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert, Sunday,...