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Touch And Go: NASA Samples An Asteroid
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:14:17
Publish Date: 2020-11-03 09:00:31
Description: A NASA spacecraft sent out to collect a sample of rock and dust from an asteroid has nabbed so much that it's created an unexpected problem. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce shares a cautionary tale of a scientific mission that was almost too successful.

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