5-Second Asteroid 'Touch' Enough For Sample Return | Video
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Channel: VideoFromSpace · 2014 · Science & Technology
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu in 2018. It carries a Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) that will collect samples of the asteroid from the end of a robotic arm.
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