Meteoroids are difficult objects for aerospace and geophysics researchers like us to study, because we can’t usually predict when and where they will hit the atmosphere. But on very rare occasions, we can study artificial objects that enter the atmosphere much like a meteoroid would.

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

Source: space
Source Link: https://www.space.com/osiris-rex-samples-gave-scientists-opportunity-to-study-artificial-meteor