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What form of space rock might you find on Earth?
Meteor
Meteorite
Asteroid
What should an astronaut do if they see one black rock in a field of white rocks on a space mission to collect rock specimens?
Send a photo of the black rock to NASA with a comment about why they think the rock is important.
Collect the black rock because it's clearly unique in some way that might be important.
Collect samples of the white rocks to get an average representation of the area, and also collect the black rock.
What is the goal of the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission?
To learn about human history.
To find an asteroid that's suitable for humans to inhabit.
To test a new long-range camera.
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