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All you space buffs, mark September 24, 2023 on your calendars. That’s when the first U.S. spacecraft to collect a sample from an asteroid is due to deposit a capsule containing that material back on Earth.

The team charged with recovering it held its first formal rehearsal this week. CGTN’s Hendrik Sybrandy was there.

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