ReePrime

Playing Tag With an Asteroid - HD

Hosted by Dailymotion. For legal issues report at the Copyright Center, report us on DMC, or use the Instant Removal tool.

Playing Tag With an Asteroid - HD

Michael500ca

15 Views • Feb 05, 2014

Description

What's the best way get a sample of an asteroid? Play tag with it! That's the plan for OSIRIS-REx, a NASA spacecraft that will approach the asteroid Bennu in 2018. The collection will be done with an instrument on board called the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism, or, TAGSAM. Learn how it works in this video.

Credit: NASA/GSFC

Keywords & Tags

#asteroid #sample #mission #osiris #rex #space #craft #probe #bennu #tagsam

More from User

Artemis II Launches To The Moon

Michael500ca

NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2026

Michael500ca

A mission for the Rosalind Franklin rover

Michael500ca

NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2025

Michael500ca

Tonight's Sky - December 2024

Michael500ca

Tonight's Sky - November 2024

Michael500ca

Related Videos

LIFTOFF! NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft begins its journey to asteroid Bennu and back! NASA first asteroid sampling mission

Space Exploration

OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth

Space.com

OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth

Space.com

OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth

Space.com

OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth

Space.com

OSIRIS-REx Returning Asteroid Bennu Samples To Earth

Space.com