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NASA will pay a firm $1 to go to the moon and get a sample

Friday, December 4 by ABC News

By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA said it will pay a private firm $1 to collect a sample of the moon as part of its initiative to solicit help from commercial companies to obtain moon rocks and dust.

NASA to skim the surface of an asteroid and bring a sample home

Tuesday, October 20 by ABC News

By CATHERINE THORBECKE, ABC News(NEW YORK) -- NASA is set to touch an asteroid, break off a sample, and bring it back to Earth for the first time during a history-making mission that culminates on Tuesday.The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft... Read More.