https://community.aarp.org/t5/Our-Front-Porch/OSIRIS-REx-Returning-Samples-Today/m-p/2519298#M83739 <P>These very well could turn out to be the oldest objects ever to touch the hands of humanity.&nbsp; It's no Apollo, but this material comes from much farther away and is probably much older.&nbsp; Moon Rocks told us the The Moon is probably a piece of the Earth cast into orbit by a titanic collision.&nbsp; These rocks formed during the earliest stages of the Solar System's formation.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-prepares-for-osiris-rex-historic-asteroid-sample-delivery-sept-24-2023/" target="_self">https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-prepares-for-osiris-rex-historic-asteroid-sample-delivery-sept-24-2023/</A>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-heads-for-earth-with-asteroid-sample/" target="_self">https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-heads-for-earth-with-asteroid-sample/</A>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:31:10 GMT EricC28201 2023-09-24T11:31:10Z https://community.aarp.org/t5/Our-Front-Porch/OSIRIS-REx-Returning-Samples-Today/m-p/2519298#M83739 <P>These very well could turn out to be the oldest objects ever to touch the hands of humanity.&nbsp; It's no Apollo, but this material comes from much farther away and is probably much older.&nbsp; Moon Rocks told us the The Moon is probably a piece of the Earth cast into orbit by a titanic collision.&nbsp; These rocks formed during the earliest stages of the Solar System's formation.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-prepares-for-osiris-rex-historic-asteroid-sample-delivery-sept-24-2023/" target="_self">https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-prepares-for-osiris-rex-historic-asteroid-sample-delivery-sept-24-2023/</A>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-heads-for-earth-with-asteroid-sample/" target="_self">https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-osiris-rex-spacecraft-heads-for-earth-with-asteroid-sample/</A>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 11:31:10 GMT https://community.aarp.org/t5/Our-Front-Porch/OSIRIS-REx-Returning-Samples-Today/m-p/2519298#M83739 EricC28201 2023-09-24T11:31:10Z