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Scientists celebrate as NASA probe touches down on asteroid Bennu

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NASA scientists celebrate as the robotic spacecraft Osiris-Rex touches down on asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface, where it landed for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples in a precision operation 200 million miles (330 million kilometers) from Earth. IMAGES

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