NASA to launch delicate storage of Osiris-Rex asteroid samples

[ad_1] Issued on: 10/27/2020 – 00:32Modified: 10/27/2020 – 00:30 Washington (AFP) NASA’s Osiris-Rex robotic spacecraft is scheduled to begin a delicate operation Tuesday to store the precious particles it collected from the asteroid Bennu, but were leaking into space when a flap opened. The probe is on a mission to …

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The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft seeks early storage of an asteroid sample

[ad_1] This illustration shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft storing the sample it collected from the asteroid Bennu on October 20, 2020. The spacecraft will use its Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) arm to place the head of the TAGSAM collector into the Sample Return Capsule (SRC). Credit: NASA / University of …

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