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A fleet of spacecraft from three countries will reach Mars in February. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A small fleet of spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates, China, and the United States will reach Mars this month after launching from Earth last year. The march to the Red Planet marks a marathon of firs...

The end of OSIRIS-REx’s sample collector, showing asteroid sample leaking out into space Image: NASA NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft did its job a little too well on Tuesday, when it tried to scoop up a handful of rocks from an asteroid named Bennu more than 200 million miles from Earth. The vehicle actually grabbed to...