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NASA asteroid probe is overflowing with space-rock samples

Submit on Friday, October 23rd, 2020 23:52

OSIRIS-REx snagged so much dirt and rock from the asteroid Bennu on Tuesday that the probe’s sampling mechanism didn’t close properly, allowing some of the collected material to escape into space.

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