# NASA planning to get sample from an asteroid Tues (with spacecraft OSIRIS-REx) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** science-math\ **Created:** [October 19, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357 "2020-10-19T21:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357/41 "2024-02-21T20:05:23Z")
Even if you don’t get a free sample of asteroid dust from NASA, you can still get a stamp. > **[OSIRIS-REx Stamps | USPS.com](https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/osiris-rex-stamps-S_484204)** > > Celebrate space exploration with this new OSIRIS-RE stamp from the U.S. Postal Service. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357/42 "2024-09-25T01:21:51Z")
Some results reported here: > **[OSIRIS-REx, 1 year later: Asteroid sample continues to provide clues about...](https://news.arizona.edu/news/osiris-rex-1-year-later-asteroid-sample-continues-provide-clues-about-early-solar-system-and)** > > U of A Regents Professor Dante Lauretta says he is "amazed by the discoveries we've made" since the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered an asteroid sample to Earth last year. > [@](#): > > Researchers identified significant quantities of [carbon-based compounds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpjX_7gmGmk) and hydrated minerals in the sample, [supporting hypotheses](https://news.arizona.edu/news/first-look-bennu-sample-reveals-carbon-water) about the potential role of asteroids in bringing essential components for life to early Earth. > > Scientists also discovered in the sample the presence of magnesium sodium phosphate, a specific phosphate mineral that did not get captured during remote sensing of the asteroid. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357/43 "2024-09-25T03:51:59Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > OK, finally got an official weight of the sample: 121.6 grams I was looking at my meteorites just now to find the one close to that sample mass to visualize the amount, and one that I recently rephotographed is 122 grams. On the negative side it is much less pristine than the Bennu sample, but on the positive side it looks much more like a horse’s head. (Also I got my sample a hundred million times cheaper, which is a plus.) [![](https://i.postimg.cc/Vv9LykcW/IMG-20240727-221554566.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/Vv9LykcW/IMG-20240727-221554566.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357/44 "2024-09-25T04:38:15Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > but on the positive side it looks much more like a horse’s head. I thought it was a frog when I first looked at it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-planning-to-get-sample-from-an-asteroid-tues-with-spacecraft-osiris-rex/923357.md?page=2)