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Meteorite returned to the surface of Mars, 700 thousand years after falling to earth – Telegraph.co.uk
The rock, known as Sayh al Uhamiyr 008, was discovered in Oman in 1999 and has been stored by the Natural History Museum since 2000
A meteorite that was blasted from Mars and fell to Earth around 700 thousand years ago is now being returned back to Mars, in what has been described as the most ambitious space campaign since Apollo.
The rock, known as Sayh al Uhamiyr 008 or SaU 008, was discovered in Oman in 1999 and has been under the care of the Natural History Museum since 2000.
It is thought that the mission marks the first time in the museum’s history that it will return one of its meteorite samples to space.
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