NASA's asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

Over 80 researchers from more than a dozen institutions collaborated to study NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule as it reentered Earth's atmosphere, referring to it as an 'artificial meteor.'

Meteoroids, usually small, are challenging to predict; artificial meteors like sample return capsules provide a unique opportunity for aerospace and geophysics research.

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