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FISHING ON OTHER WORLDS

Despite a raft of probes and landers reaching the surface of far-off planets, moons, asteroids and comets, nothing quite beats having extraterrestrial samples in your hands to analyse. However, the high cost this entails has been extremely prohibitive up until now. Scientists have had to be able to find a spot to land, touch down gently on the surface, collect samples and finally have enough fuel left to escape the gravity of their landing site.

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