destroyed their makeshift homes. the owners of the land have been trying to reclaim it in court. about 2,500 people were living there, although many agreed to leave before the eviction started. a nasa probe sent to collect rock from an asteroid is back on track after some technical issues. officials behind the osiris rex craft were worried after a rock wedged open the door of a container. nasa says the rock samples have now been safely sealed inside and the probe is ready to return to earth. with just five days left before the us election both president trump and joe biden have been making a final push for votes in the crucial state of florida. donald trump made a stop in tampa where he appeared in front of a packed crowd he s lavished a lot of attention on florida a clear marker ofjust how important the state is to his electoral strategy. joe biden also visited tampa and broward county. in contrast with president trump s campaign style,
hundreds of families living in a camp in buenos aires have been evicted after police destroyed their makeshift homes. the owners of the land have been trying to reclaim it in court. about 2,500 people were living there, although many agreed to leave before the eviction started. a nasa probe sent to collect rock from an asteroid is back on track after some technical issues. officials behind the osiris rex craft were worried after a rock wedged open the door of a container. nasa says the rock samples have now been safely sealed inside and the probe is ready to return to earth. with just five days left before the us election, both president trump and joe biden have been making a final push for votes in the crucial state of florida. donald trump made a stop in tampa, where he appeared in front of a packed crowd. he s lavished a lot
is complete. it might well have the biggest haul of extra terrestrial rocks since the moon landings 50 years ago. i can tell you that everything went just exactly perfect, which is kind of the hallmark of this team. we have consistently beaten expectations over and over again. we have overcome the amazing challenges that this asteroid has thrown at us and the spacecraft appears to have acted flawlessly. and lift off for osiris rex. this mission is an incredible achievement because bennu, spinning through space 330 million kilometres from earth, is bigger than the empire state building. and even though the probe arrived there in 2018, it s taken two years to find a suitable landing site because scientists thought the surface would be sandy, instead it was rocky. but eventually they did identify a site called nightingale, about eight metres wide. now the probe has successfully landed, avoiding contact with surrounding rocks, gathered its sample and lifted
metres wide. now the probe has successfully landed, avoiding contact with surrounding rocks, gathered its sample and lifted off, bound for earth. on board, a sample of rocks and dust which should tell us something about the chemistry of the planets and the sun when they formed 11.5 billion years ago. the only question now is, how much did the probe gather? but it won t be until september 2023 when they can get their hands on it. paul hawkins, bbc news. we will have a bit more about that later on. we will also be talking to an artist who has made a name for himself in pet portraits. yes, he calls himself hercule van wolfwinkle, and his speciality is being able to draw a really rubbish picture of your pet.
we re going in. touchdown declared. then just seconds later. sample collection is complete. it might well have the biggest haul of extra terrestrial rocks since the moon landings 50 years ago. i can tell you that everything went just exactly perfect, which is kind of the hallmark of this team. we have consistently beaten expectations over and over again. we have overcome the amazing challenges that this asteroid has thrown at us and the spacecraft appears to have acted flawlessly. and lift off for osiris rex. this mission is an incredible achievement because bennu, spinning through space 330 million kilometres from earth, is bigger than the empire state building. and even though the probe arrived there in 2018, it s taken two years to find a suitable landing site because scientists thought the surface would be sandy, instead it was rocky. but eventually they did identify a site called