NASA spacecraft collected more sand and more from an asteroid than Hayabusa2. The capsule of the spacecraft that returned to Earth last year contained over 120 grams of sand and other samples taken from the asteroid.
It is expected that it will provide valuable information about the origin of life on Earth and the formation of the solar system. Researchers from various countries, including Japan, are planning to analyze them in the future. will proceed with the analysis of the samples taken by NASA's Osiris-Rex spacecraft.