NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Stymied In Opening Bennu Sample Capsule

Scientists opened the OSIRIS-REx science canister at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on Sept. 26. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may have carried its precious scientific cargo of space dust 200 million miles, but not having the right tool is thwarting efforts to access it. PHOTO BY DANTE LAURETTA/SWNS 

“Houston, we have a problem” – scientists cannot get the lid off the asteroid Bennu sample capsule.

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may have carried its precious scientific cargo of space dust 200 million miles, but not having the right tool is thwarting efforts to access it.