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OSIRIS-REx sample from Bennu inside TAGSAM head

OSIRIS-REx sample from Bennu inside TAGSAM head
OSIRIS-REx sample from Bennu inside TAGSAM head After a lengthy struggle with two stuck fasteners, technicians were finally able to open the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head that contained the bulk of the mission's sample from asteroid Bennu. The material includes dust and rocks up to about a centimeter (0.4 inches) in size. NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold