It was the first extraterrestrial matter to be returned to Earth by a spacecraft since the U.S. Apollo and Soviet Luna missions brought back moon rocks in the 1970s.

• 自上世纪70年代美国"阿波罗"号和前苏联"月球"号航天飞船带回月球岩石采集样本以来,这些太阳粒子是首批由太空飞船带回地球的外星物质。