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US spacecraft touches asteroid surface for rare rubble grab
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft descended to an asteroid Tuesday and, dodging boulders the size of buildings, momentarily touched the surface to collect a handful of cosmic rubble for return to Earth.
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This is right up there with deciding to check out a mysterious derelict ocean liner.