NASA’s OSIRIS-REx nabbed over 120 grams of space rocks from asteroid Bennu
Mission member Harold Connolly shares how the team finally got the capsule open and what’s next
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/021224_am_Bennu_sample_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Pieces of the asteroid Bennu fill the sample container (shown) of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission. In January, engineers finally removed two stuck screws to access the full sample.
NASA, Erika Blumenfeld and Joseph Aebersold