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Is this the first human-retrieved material that's not from the Moon? I get that space rock falls out of the sky all the time, but is this the first time humans
by SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
Is this the first human-retrieved material that's not from the Moon?
I get that space rock falls out of the sky all the time, but is this the first time humans have gone and fetched some?
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- walkingolof 6y agoNo, the Stardust mission collected interstellar dust. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft)
- Sharlin 6y agoBesides Genesis [1] and Stardust [2], Hayabusa2's predecessor [1] successfully brought back some micrograms of material from asteroid 25143 Itokawa. This was much less than the original goal, but the mission was plagued by technical problems and sheer bad luck, so bringing back anything at all was still a major achievement. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_(spacecraft) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(spacecraft) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa