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Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REX)

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    NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Achieves Sample Mass Milestone

    The curation team processing NASA's asteroid Bennu sample has removed and collected 2.48 ounces (70.3 grams) of rocks and dust from the sampler hardware – surpassing the agency's goal of bringing at least 60 grams to Earth. And the good news is, there's still more of NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith …

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    NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Curation Steps Closer to Final Reveal

    Five people in blue clean room gowns and white gloves stand around a glove box with a circular sample head inside.

    As the astromaterials curation team at NASA's Johnson Space Center continues to collect the bonus asteroid Bennu particles located outside the OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) head, they've also completed additional steps toward disassembly and reveal of the bulk asteroid sample inside the head. Curation scientists removed 14 circular witness plates from the top …

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    NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Views Sample Return Capsule’s Departure

    a vaguely muffin-shaped capsule, with a copper-brown base and an off-white top, against the black backdrop of space

    After years of anticipation and hard work by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) team, a capsule of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu returned to Earth on Sept. 24 in a targeted area of the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City. …

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