NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to suck up asteroid rubble for the first time. Watch the risky maneuver live.

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20 Oct 2020 0 shares 1 views

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Published 20 Oct 2020

The NASA probe will attempt an intergalactic high-five with asteroid Bennu and use a robotic arm to scoop up rocky dust.

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