TAGSAM

TAGSAM or Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism is a robotic arm on the OSIRIS-REx space probe designed and used for collecting a sample from asteroid 101955 Bennu.^[1] OSIRIS-REx was launched in 2016. It arrived at asteroid Bennu in August 2018, and began scientific studies. It collected a sample of the material making up the surface of Bennu in 2020 and returned it to Earth in 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b "OSIRIS-REx Finds Water On Asteroid Bennu - Astrobiology". astrobiology.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
^ "Who needs the Guardians of the Galaxy when we have OSIRIS-REx?". SpaceFlight Insider. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
^ "NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid". OSIRIS-REx Mission. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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[Past_water_2018-1] "OSIRIS-REx Finds Water On Asteroid Bennu - Astrobiology". astrobiology.com. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-15.

[SF_Guardian-2] "Who needs the Guardians of the Galaxy when we have OSIRIS-REx?". SpaceFlight Insider. 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2018-12-15.

[:0-3] "NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid". OSIRIS-REx Mission. Retrieved 2020-10-21.

[returned-4] Cite error: The named reference returned was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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