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TAGSAM

TAGSAM or Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism is a robotic arm on the OSIRIS-REx space probe designed and used for collecting a sample from asteroid 101955 Bennu. OSIRIS-REx was launched in 2016. It arrived at asteroid Bennu in December 2018, and began scientific studies. It collected a sample of the material making up the surface of Bennu in 2020…

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Frangibolts
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Robotic armOSIRIS-REx101955 BennuNitrogenRegolith
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TAGSAM

Nodes10
Edges9
Triples18
Avg. degree1.8
Density0.2
Components1

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TAGSAM

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related to Timeline · 8
TAGSAM → April, Earth, Frangibolts, November, October, OSIRIS-REx, OSIRIS-REx20 October, September
related to overview · 6
TAGSAM → Bennu, Earth, One, SamCam, The, Two
related to External links · 4
TAGSAM → AsteroidAnimation, OSIRIS-REx Prepared, TAG, TAGSAM SchematicTAGSAM Testing Complete

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arm sample asteroid bennu osiris-rex collection earth spacecraft head robotic three designed used 2018 2020 2023 body samples return meters

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
TAGSAMrelated to External linksTAGSAM SchematicTAGSAM Testing Complete0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to External linksOSIRIS-REx Prepared0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to External linksTAG0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to External linksAsteroidAnimation0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to overviewEarth0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to overviewBennu0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to overviewOne0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to overviewThe0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to overviewSamCam0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to overviewTwo0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to TimelineOctober0.60section
TAGSAMrelated to TimelineFrangibolts0.60section

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