Contents of the he OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample inside. Erika Blumenfeld, creative lead for the Advanced Imaging and Visualization of Astromaterials (AIVA) and Joe Aebersold, project management lead, captured this picture using manual high-resolution precision photography and a semi-automated focus stacking The samples are rich in water and carbon. OSIRIS-REx mission. An optimised version of an original NASA image / mandatory credit: NASA/E Blumenfeld & J Aebersold
Bennu sample at NASA Johnson Space Center, USA. OSIRIS-REx science cannister.
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Location: Johnson Space Center
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
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