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Asteroid Surface Sample Return Mission Mission to Asteroids
Asteroid Surface Sample Return Mission:
The Asteroid Sample Return Mission is a Design Reference Mission that would obtain samples from the surface of an organic-rich asteroid surface and return the samples to Earth for analysis. Researchers will then study the sample's chemical composition in order to learn more about the chemical origins of our Solar System.

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This is a mission concept. No launch date has been determined yet.
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