The Lid NASA Couldn’t Open

Name: The Lid NASA Couldn’t Open
Uploaded: 2026-10-24T02:06:02.392Z
Duration: 1 min 6 s
Description: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx brought back the largest asteroid sample in history, then couldn’t open the container. Two of 35 fasteners on the sampler head refused to budge, and engineers spent three months building custom tools to free the 121.6 grams of asteroid Bennu inside.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx brought back the largest asteroid sample in history, then couldn’t open the container. Two of 35 fasteners on the sampler head refused to budge, and engineers spent three months building custom tools to free the 121.6 grams of asteroid Bennu inside.

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