In a historic achievement for NASA, the first sample of rock and dust from an asteroid has landed on earth.
A capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu landed at 10:52 a.m. ET on Sunday at the U.S. Defense Department's Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City.
While piercing the atmosphere, the capsule was traveling at a speed of 27,650 mph.
Within an hour and a half, the capsule was transported by helicopter to a temporary clean room set up in a hangar on the training range, where it now is connected to a continuous flow of nitrogen, NASA said.
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