OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Curation

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OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Curation
NASA ID: OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Curation
Curation team members at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston successfully remove the two fasteners from the sampler head that had prevented the remainder of OSIRIS-REx’s asteroid Bennu sample material from being accessed.

Two new multi-part tools were designed and fabricated to support further disassembly of the TAGSAM head. These tools include newly custom-fabricated bits made from a specific grade of surgical, non-magnetic stainless steel; the hardest metal approved for use in the pristine curation gloveboxes.
Date Created:2024-01-10
Center:JSC
Keywords: OSIRIS-REx , Johnson Space Center , Asteroid , Curation , Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) , Bennu
Albums: OSIRIS-REx-Curation
Location:NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston
Photographer:Robert Markowitz
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