2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
OSIRIS-REx Returned a Pristine Sample of Asteroid Bennu: Takeaways from the Mission's Contamination Control and Knowledge Program
Jason P. Dworkin, Scott A. Sandford, Nicole G. Lunning +81
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission had the objective of delivering a pristine sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu to Earth for scientific analysis--where "pristine" signifies the absence of…
astro-ph.EP2026
The science from asteroid sample return missions
Elizabeth J. Tasker, Harold C. Connolly, Shogo Tachibana
To date, three samples from near-Earth asteroids have been delivered to Earth by Japan's Hayabusa (2010) and Hayabusa2 (2020) missions, and the United States OSIRIS-REx mission (20…