Touch And Go: NASA Samples An Asteroid
b'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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