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Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism

robotic device

Also known as: TAGSAM

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…placed the head of the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) against Bennu’s surface for five seconds. TAGSAM fired a burst of nitrogen gas at the surface, which disturbed the rock and dust and blew about 250 grams (9 ounces) of surface material into TAGSAM’s sample collector. The spacecraft then fired…
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