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<blockquote data-quote="jacks" data-source="post: 75447071" data-attributes="member: 264888"><p><a href="https://newatlas.com/space/nasas-osiris-rex-touch-go-bennu-asteroid-surface-sample/" target="_blank">They say</a> they blast it first with nitrogen to dislodge a sample. </p><p></p><p>"When the arm made contact with the asteroid surface for about 15 seconds, <em>a blast of nitrogen gas dislodged a small, carbon-rich sample of pebbles and soil, </em>which were collected by the sampler head and then stowed. If it turns out that insufficient material is recovered, the spacecraft will try again at a different area in January 2021. Otherwise, the current sample will be placed in a return capsule and in March 2021, OSIRIS-REx will depart from Bennu and begin its journey back to Earth."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jacks, post: 75447071, member: 264888"] [URL='https://newatlas.com/space/nasas-osiris-rex-touch-go-bennu-asteroid-surface-sample/']They say[/URL] they blast it first with nitrogen to dislodge a sample. "When the arm made contact with the asteroid surface for about 15 seconds, [I]a blast of nitrogen gas dislodged a small, carbon-rich sample of pebbles and soil, [/I]which were collected by the sampler head and then stowed. If it turns out that insufficient material is recovered, the spacecraft will try again at a different area in January 2021. Otherwise, the current sample will be placed in a return capsule and in March 2021, OSIRIS-REx will depart from Bennu and begin its journey back to Earth." [/QUOTE]
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