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Taken on Oct. 28 by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, this image shows the collector head after it was separated from the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism arm. The collector head is secured onto the capture ring in the Sample Return Capsule. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin

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OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Recovery Team Practices For Arrival

by Keith CowingMay 8, 2023April 22, 2024

In anticipation of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample delivery this fall, the team held our first round of rehearsals April 17 to April 27. Our goal was to practice retrieving the […]

NASA blog post by Richard Witherspoon

OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Recovery Team Practices For Arrival

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