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NASA probe OSIRIS-REx leaking asteroid samples after bountiful collection on Bennu – ABC News
The mission team is scrambling to secure its cargo but it won’t know how much it has managed to save until the probe makes it back to Earth in 2023.
A probe NASA sent into space to take a sample of asteroid material has retrieved so much that its container can’t close properly, allowing rocks to spill out into the void.
Key points:
- The asteroid NASA has targeted is one of 500,000 between Earth and Mars
- It is one of only 26 that rotates slowly enough for a probe to safely touchdown
- Japan is the only country to have brought pristine asteroid material back to Earth
The robotic arm of the probe, OSIRIS-REx, on Tuesday night kicked up a debris cloud…
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