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Bennu Jerry’s, anyone? OSIRIS-REx probe to attempt 3 scoops of asteroid next month before bringing samples home

Dress rehearsals done, nice shingly crater chosen – it’s go time

Video  NASA intends to scoop up material from the surface of the Bennu asteroid on 20 October, and has planned up to three retrieval attempts before returning any samples back to Earth.…


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