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Allende meteorite

The Allende meteorite is the largest carbonaceous chondrite meteorite ever found on Earth. The one-time asteroid fell to the ground in 1969.

Credit: NASA GSFC

NASA has long wanted to send a mission to Mars to grab some of its surface and sling it back to Earth.

From Scientific American
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