OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Pour

Curation team members from the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science (ARES) division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston 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

For more info: www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

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