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US spaceraft diving to asteroid surface for rare rubble grab

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A NASA spacecraft is descending to the surface of an asteroid to collect a handful of the rubble for return to Earth. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft dropped out of orbit around asteroid Bennu early Tuesday afternoon. It will take more than four hours for the spacecraft to get down to the asteroid’s rough terrain. Bennu’s gravity is too low for the spacecraft to land.

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Times of India

US spacecraft touches asteroid for rare rubble grab

A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth. It was a first for the United States — only Japan has scored asteroid samples.

4 years ago·India

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Yahoo News

US spacecraft diving to asteroid for rare rubble grab

A NASA spacecraft descended Tuesday toward the surface of an asteroid 200 million miles away to collect a handful of rubble for return to Earth. The Osiris-Rex spacecraft dropped out of orbit around asteroid Bennu right on time, beginning a 4 1/2-hour plunge to the rough, boulder-covered face of the ancient space rock. It was America's first attempt to gather samples from an asteroid, something already accomplished by Japan — twice.

4 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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News18 India

US Spaceraft Diving To Asteroid Surface For Rare Rubble Grab

A NASA spacecraft descended Tuesday toward the surface of an asteroid 200 million miles away to collect a handful of rubble for return to Earth.

4 years ago·India

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Reuters

NASA spacecraft to grab an asteroid sample

A NASA probe orbiting an asteroid over 100 million miles from Earth will make a perilous attempt on Tuesday to snatch a sample from the celestial body’s rocky surface to bring home the space agency’s first handful of pristine asteroid rocks.

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

U.S. spacecraft touches asteroid surface for rare rubble grab

A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth.

4 years ago·Canada

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