The astromaterials curation team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston has completed the disassembly of the OSIRIS-REx sampler head to reveal the remainder of the asteroid Bennu sample inside. On Jan. 10, they successfully removed two stubborn fasteners that had prevented the final steps of opening the Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head. Erika Blumenfeld, creative lead […]
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Johnson Space Center, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)
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January 19, 2024
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