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Beyond the Mission Goals: How NASA Surpassed Expectations With Asteroid Bennu
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered an unprecedented 4.29 ounces of asteroid Bennu material to Earth, surpassing its mission goals. Despite initial challenges, the sample was successfully secured for future scientific research, ensuring a legacy of international collaboration and study of the sol
Despite initial challenges, the sample was successfully secured for future scientific research, ensuring a legacy of international collaboration and study of the solar system’s origins. Overcoming Challenges Disassembly of the TAGSAM head was paused in late October 2023, when the team encountered two stubborn fasteners keeping them from being able to complete the process to reveal the final sample within. After designing, producing, and testing new tools, the ARES curation engineers successfully removed the fasteners in January and completed disassembly of the TAGSAM head.
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