Thursday, February 15, 2024

NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Processing | Johnson Space Center

NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Processing | Johnson Space Center

The first U.S. asteroid sample, delivered by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023 is now being analyzed at its permanent home at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, where it is being cared for, stored, and distributed to scientists worldwide. 

In this video, curation team members from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division at Johnson Space Center perform a pour maneuver to distribute the remaining asteroid sample material from the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) head into sample containers. 

The team includes:

Nicole Lunning, OSIRIS-REx curator

Jannatul Ferdous, astromaterials processor

Julia Plummer, astromaterials processor

Rachel Funk, astromaterials processor 

Follow sample-delivery updates on NASA's OSIRIS-REx blog: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/

OSIRIS-REx NASA page: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

University of Arizona's OSIRIS-REx Mission Page: http://www.asteroidmission.org


Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 6 minutes

Release Date: Feb. 15, 2024


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