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LOS ANGELES: A Nasa space capsule carrying a sample of rocky material plucked from the surface of an asteroid three years ago hurtled towards Earth this weekend headed for a fiery plunge through the atmosphere and a parachute landing in the Utah desert on Sunday. Weather forecasts were favourable and the robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx was on course to release the …

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