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Samples of asteroid Bennu are spilling from the jammed OSIRIS-REx spacecraft – Firstpost

Bennu was chosen by NASA for its carbon-rich character, thought to have held on to the building blocks of the solar system.

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The Associated PressOct 26, 2020 10:26:10 IST
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this weeks grab that its jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday. Scientists announced the news three days after the spacecraft named Osiris-Rex briefly touched asteroid Bennu, NASAs first attempt at such a mission. The missions lead scientist, Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona, said Tuesdays operation 200 million miles away collected…

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