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NASA aims to take a chip off an asteroid and bring it back to Earth

OSIRIS-REx grabs a sample from the surface of Bennu (Artist's impression)

OSIRIS-REx grabs a sample from the surface of Bennu (Artist's impression) Source: Supplied/NASA

A NASA spacecraft circling an ancient asteroid 200 million miles away is about to reach out and make contact.



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