NASA's first asteroid sample parachutes into Utah desert

NASA's first asteroid sample parachutes into Utah desert

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A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through Earth's atmosphere on Sunday and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists. The gumdrop-shaped capsule, released from the robotic spacecraft…

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