WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- NASA said its Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission touched down on asteroid Bennu on Tuesday and collected a sample from the asteroid's surface.
It is the first U.S. mission to retrieve a pristine sample of an asteroid and return it to Earth for further study.
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