Japanese Space Capsule Carrying Pristine Asteroid Samples Lands in Australia
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/japanese-space-capsule-carrying-pristine-asteroid-samples-lands-in-australia/
For the second time ever, humanity has brought asteroid samples down to Earth.
A small capsule bearing pristine pieces of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu touched down early this afternoon (Dec. 5) within the remote and rugged Woomera Prohibited Area, about 310 miles (500 kilometers) northwest of the South Australian capital of Adelaide.
