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Who doesn’t love space potatoes? (Asteroids, of course!) This year has seen two missions succeed: Hayabusa-2 returned home with samples collected in 2018 from asteroid Ryugu; Osiris-Rex completed its sample collection from asteroid Bennu and will be back on Earth in 2023. pic.twitter.com/5RbH…

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China marks another milestone, having planted their country’s flag on the Moon. The feat was accomplished by the Chinese Chang’e-5 lander, and the mission included a lunar soil sample return. pic.twitter.com/dJE2…

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Not 1, not 2, but 3 missions are currently on their way to Mars, with arrivals at the red planet expected from February 2021 onwards: the HOPE orbiter launched by the UAE; the Chinese Tianwen-1 orbiter, lander and rover; and NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission. pic.twitter.com/BBxM…

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Vote to choose your favorite 2020 Hubble image in the poll below! ⬇️ These choices are based on our tweets of images released this year with the most ❤️s! Planets seemed to be pretty popular... 🪐 pic.twitter.com/YSMN…

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“The vast loneliness up here of the Moon is awe-inspiring & it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth. The Earth from here is a grand oasis to the big vastness of space”— Astronaut Jim Lovell #OTD in 1968, 'Earthrise' was photographed: go.nasa.gov/3nOWKam pic.twitter.com/yeIh…

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