The US probe Osiris-Rex briefly came into contact with the asteroid Bennu on Tuesday, October 20, as expected, NASA confirmed, but the success of the sampling operation will not be known for a few days.
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"Contact confirmed"
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"Sampling completed,"
the space agency announced during a live broadcast of operations, triggering a standing ovation among the team after this step of a few seconds, more than four years after the launch of the probe.