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Three people in clean room hoods and masks on either side of a glove box containing the OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM capsule. The capsule is a squat silver cylinder, sitting on thin legs. The glove box is clear and has a trapezoidal top, so users can lean slightly over and see down into what they’re doing. Sets of white gloves extends into the box from both sides, so users can manipulate the sample capsule inside without exposing it to the outside world.

OSIRIS Rex curation team pouring the sample from the TAGSAM head

jsc2024e008542 - Curation team members from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston perform a pour maneuver to distribute the remaining asteroid sample material from the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) head into sample containers. From left, astromaterials processors Rachel Funk, top right, Julia Plummer, bottom right, Jannatul Ferdous.

Image Credit: ROBERT MARKOWITZ NASA-JSC

TakenJanuary 19, 2024

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Image CreditROBERT MARKOWITZ NASA-JSC

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