US spacecraft touches asteroid for rare rubble grab

Bennu’s gravity was too low for Osiris-Rex to land — the asteroid is just 510 metres across. As a result, the spacecraft had to reach out with its 3.4-meter robot arm and attempt to grab at least 60 grams of Bennu.

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