Failure in space dominated our headlines this week, with Astrobotic’s uncrewed lunar lander mission Peregrine-1 experiencing critical issues shortly after leaving Earth. Back on the ground, though, NASA finally—after months of trying—succeeded in opening the container filled with samples plucked from the asteroid Bennu. Click through for this week’s roundup. – Rose Pastore
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Peregrine Moon Mission Runs Into Disaster, and More Top Science News of the Week
Plus: NASA shows off its X-59 quiet supersonic plane and paleontologists find the oldest fossilized skin.
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