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OSIRIS-REx's Final Haul: 121.6 Grams from Asteroid Bennu


veral months of meticulous, careful work, NASA has the final total for their haul of asteroidal material from the OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu. The highly successful mission successfully collected 121.6 grams, or almost 4.3 ounces, of rock and dust.

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