The Verge

NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters

The OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, has collected as much as several hundred grams of asteroid material, which could help scientists understand the earliest stages of the Solar System. The ...
Space.com

NASA Opens Untouched Apollo Moon Rock Sample for First Time in 40 Years

NASA has unsealed one of its last untouched samples of Apollo moon rock to prepare for the return of new material by future lunar missions. Scientists at Johnson Space Center's Lunar Curation ...
SpaceNews

Perseverance first sampling attempt comes up empty

A hole drilled in Martian rock by the Perseverance rover in its first attempt to collect a sample. Project scientists and engineers are trying to figure out why no material made it into the sample ...
SpaceNews

NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample

NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth. The six-wheeled geologist is ...
Arizona Daily Wildcat

First-ever sampling of asteroid’s surface

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will make its first attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20. Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator and a professor of planetary science and ...