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In November 2005, it landed on the asteroid and collected samples in the form of tiny grains of asteroidal material, which were returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft on 13 June 2010.

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Yes, the lander failed, but the bus itself did land on the surface. It was a sample return mission which is in many ways a greater feat.

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