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Articles tagged: TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism)

  • B-type asteroid, Bennu, Earth Gravity Assist, OSIRIS-REx, TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) 22 September 2017 OSIRIS-REx makes closest Earth approach today

    ... of Bennu’s surface material. This will be done with TAGSAM; the Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism – a robotic arm with an attached sampler head. The collected sample of Bennu’s surface is expected to return to Earth in 2023. The spacecraft...

    • B-type asteroid
    • Bennu
    • Earth Gravity Assist
    • OSIRIS-REx
    • TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism)
  • Asteroid Day, Atlas 5, Bennu, OSIRIS-REx, space threat, United Launch Alliance 09 September 2016 OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on its way to study Bennu after successful launch Thursday

    ... plan, OSIRIS-REx will study Bennu for two years and then make brief contact with its surface to collect samples. The spacecraft is equipped with TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism), which uses nitrogen gas puffs to lightly disturb the...

    • Asteroid Day
    • Atlas 5
    • Bennu
    • OSIRIS-REx
    • space threat
    • United Launch Alliance

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