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Astrobiologist Hannah McLain holds the container that a portion of asteroid Bennu was shipped in to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on Jan. 27, 2025. Scientists in Goddard’s astrobiology lab are studying samples of asteroid Bennu brought to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) spacecraft. (Photo Credit: NASA/Vivian Renkey)
Image description: Hannah McLain stands inside an astrobiology lab, looking directly at the camera. She is out of focus, dressed in a white lab coat, white surgical face mask, white bouffant cap, and purple nitrile gloves. Her arm extends towards the camera, presenting a cylindrical metal container that is slightly larger than her hand. The phrases “PROPERTY OF NASA,” “OSIRIS-REx,” and “CONTAINER #:90237” are engraved in small capital letters on the base.
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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At left, Jason Dworkin, project scientist for NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) holds a vial demonstrating “asteroid tea,” made by hydrating small, ground samples of asteroids and meteorites for study at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Jan. 28, 2025. Scientists in Goddard’s astrobiology lab are studying samples of asteroid Bennu brought to Earth by OSIRIS-REx. Looking on, from left to right: Hannah McLain, Danielle Simkus, Jamie Elsila Cook, Angel Mojarro, José Aponte, Danny Glavin, and Eric Parker. (Photo Credit: NASA/Vivian Renkey)
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Eight Goddard employees dressed in white lab coats stand inside a dimly lit lab, facing towards the camera. The employee on the far left holds a small vial, which is halfway filled with brown liquid. A large scientific instrument made up of metal pipes, glass beakers, and fluorescent lights sits to the left of the group, illuminating the left half of their faces. A small burst of orange fire shoots out of one of the instrument’s pipes.
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Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, who had a hand in studying the asteroid Bennu sample delivered to Earth by the agency's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission pose for a team photo in the center's astrobiology lab on Jan. 28, 2025. From left to right: Angela Chung, Kendra Farnsworth, Danielle Simkus, Hannah McLain, Jamie Elsila Cook, Eric Parker, José Aponte, Angel Mojarro, Jason Dworkin, Danny Glavin, and Gabriella Weiss. (Photo Credit: NASA/Vivian Renkey)
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Eleven Goddard employees dressed in white lab coats stand inside a lab, smiling for a team photo. They are arranged in a horseshoe shape, directly facing the camera. Several scientific machines can be seen in the background, as well as shelves containing various containers and materials. Red, yellow, white, and black wires reach down from the ceiling, connecting to laboratory equipment below.
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Hannah McLain pipettes inside a fume hood in the astrobiology lab at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Jan. 27, 2025. Scientists in Goddard’s astrobiology lab are studying samples of asteroid Bennu brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. (Photo Credit: NASA/Vivian Renkey)
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Hannah McLain sits inside an astrobiology lab, reaching under a fume hood. She is dressed in a white lab coat, white surgical face mask, white bouffant cap, and purple nitrile gloves. In her left hand, she holds a foot-long pipette containing a clear liquid. She transfers the pipette’s contents into a small test tube, which is seated in a blue test tube rack.
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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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