The samples will be flown Monday to a new lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
when the spacecraft scooped up too much material, which jammed the container’s lid during collection three years ago.
Flight controllers for spacecraft builder Lockheed Martin stood and applauded at touchdown from their base in Colorado. NASA camera views showed the charred capsule upside down on the sand with its parachute disconnected and strewn nearby, as the recovery team moved in via helicopters. The samples will be flown Monday morning to a new lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The building already houses the hundreds of pounds of The mission’s lead scientist, Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona, will accompany the samples to Texas. The opening of the container in Houston will be “the real moment of truth,” given the uncertainty over the amount inside, he said ahead of the landing.
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