Image: Artist's concept of OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM in operation
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Description: This artist's concept shows the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism or TAGSAM. The mission aims to return a sample of Bennu's surface coating to Earth for study as well as return detailed information about the asteroid and it's trajectory.
Title: Artist's concept of OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM in operation
Credit: http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/osiris-rex-grabs-a-sample (image link)
Author: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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