If confirmed, the finding could give scientists an unprecedented look at pristine samples of the original material that bonded to form comets, asteroids and planets... (sciencenews.org)
This is a lesson taken to heart by NASA's OSIRIS - REx mission, which launches in 2016 to return pristine samples of asteroid Bennu in 2023. (sciencedaily.com)
«The launch of OSIRIS - REx is the beginning a seven - year journey to return pristine samples from asteroid Bennu,» said OSIRIS - REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona, Tucson. (sciencedaily.com)