GilpinGuy
10-20-2020, 07:55
This should be neat to see. Looks like they go live at 3:00.
https://youtu.be/A6K2dqCoin8
From the mission website (https://www.asteroidmission.org/asteroid-operations/):
OSIRIS-REx will use the TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism) instrument to collect a sample of regolith from Bennu. TAGSAM is an articulated arm on the spacecraft with a round sampler head at the end. During the Touch-and-Go maneuver (TAG), the sampler head will be extended toward Bennu, and the momentum of the spacecraft?s slow, downward trajectory will push it against the asteroid?s surface for about five seconds?just long enough to obtain a sample. At contact, nitrogen gas will blow onto the surface to roil up dust and small pebbles, which will then be captured in the TAGSAM head.
https://youtu.be/A6K2dqCoin8
From the mission website (https://www.asteroidmission.org/asteroid-operations/):
OSIRIS-REx will use the TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism) instrument to collect a sample of regolith from Bennu. TAGSAM is an articulated arm on the spacecraft with a round sampler head at the end. During the Touch-and-Go maneuver (TAG), the sampler head will be extended toward Bennu, and the momentum of the spacecraft?s slow, downward trajectory will push it against the asteroid?s surface for about five seconds?just long enough to obtain a sample. At contact, nitrogen gas will blow onto the surface to roil up dust and small pebbles, which will then be captured in the TAGSAM head.