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NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe 'tags' asteroid Bennu to return samples [i]A NASA spacecraft has played "tag" with an asteroid in an attempt to come away with a cache of pebbles as its prize. The OSIRIS-REx robotic probe completed its first Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection at the small asteroid Bennu on Tuesday (Oct. 20). The maneuver marked only the third time in history and first time for NASA that a spacecraft has tried to collect soils and rocks from an asteroid after two previous sample return missions launched by Japan.[/i]
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