Overstuffed Nasa spacecraft Osiris-Rex losing particles after bingeing on Bennu

After an asteroid encounter, scientists scrambled to minimize the loss of space rocks as the craft belched rubble

A Nasa spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said on Friday.

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