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World's space achievements a bright spot in stressful 2020

by Marcia Dunn
| December 16, 2020 9:10 AM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return to Earth.

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