Japanese space agency officials were delighted Tuesday by the return of a small capsule containing asteroid soil samples obtained by their Hayabusa2 spacecraft and they are anxiously waiting to look inside after preparations are complete.
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https://phys.org/news/2020-12-capsule-asteroid-samples-japan.html