"NASA Successfully Reveals Bennu Asteroid Samples After 7-Year Mission"
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NASA successfully opened its asteroid Bennu sample container, revealing a collection of dust and rocks scraped off Bennu by spacecraft OSIRIS-REx. The Touch-and-Go-Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) resides in a special compartment to prevent contamination, and the team had to develop new tools to open the container. In other news, Apple's Vision Pro mixed-reality headset is available for pre-order, NVIDIA's RTX 4070 Super offers raw power for gaming, and Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed the emails of Microsoft's senior leadership.
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