7 years, billions of kilometres, a handful of dust: NASA just brought back the largest-ever asteroid sample

ph. NASA Eleanor K. Sansom, Curtin University and Nick Timms, Curtin University After a journey of billions of kilometres, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has culminated in a small black capsule blazing through the sky before touching down in the Utah desert. Inside is likely to be the largest ever sample of dust and rock