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Unprecedented new video shows NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft landing on an asteroid and sucking up dust – Business Insider Australia
NASA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid 200 million miles away on Tuesday.
- NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft landed on an asteroid to suck up a sample of rock and dust on Tuesday.
- New video footage shows the tricky operation, including the six seconds that it touched the asteroid’s surface and blew nitrogen gas to send up a flurry of alien rock.
- Mission controllers must now determine if the spacecraft obtained enough sample to bring back to Earth.
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NASA landed a spacecraft on an asteroid 200 million miles away on Tuesday.
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