‘I literally broke into tears’: The scientist leading NASA’s epic OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission just had the greatest day ever

September 25, 2023

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As his spacecraft was hurtling toward Earth carrying irreplaceable asteroid samples from deep space, Dante Lauretta was just trying to avoid having a breakdown in front of an international audience.

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‘I literally broke into tears’: The scientist leading NASA’s epic OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission just had the greatest day ever

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