NASA’s Asteroid Heist: The Challenges of TAG

The video discusses the Osiris Rex mission to asteroid Bennu, highlighting unexpected surface observations, challenges in selecting a sample site, and the eventual choice of Nightingale. It details the TAG event for sample collection, contingency plans for potential issues, and the process of verifying the collected sample. The mission is described as exciting and groundbreaking, with the goal of returning samples to Earth for scientific study.

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