Nasa Osiris-Rex spacecraft lands on asteroid Bennu in mission to collect dust

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Spacecraft ‘kissed the surface’ in brief landing on asteroid 200m miles away from Earth in US-first mission

Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine offered his congratulations, saying: “We are on the way to returning the largest sample brought home from space since Apollo. If all goes well, this sample will be studied by scientists for generations to come.”

 

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