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Is this the first time material has been brought to Earth from a non-Lunar body?

• pmayrgundter 3y ago
  Good q. No, looks like Stardust (comet) and Hayabusa (asteroid) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample-return_mission#2000s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample-return_mission#2000s
  • m4rtink 3y ago
    Theoretically Genesis also delivered particles of the solar wind + important engineering lessons.
    • qingcharles 3y ago
      "Important engineering lessons" lol. True, though. Like any accident.