A top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid eliminated, revealing the rest of the asteroid pattern inside. Erika Blumenfeld, inventive lead for the Advanced Imaging and Visualization of Astromaterials (AIVA) and Joe Aebersold, venture administration lead, captured this image utilizing guide high-resolution precision pictures and a semi-automated focus stacking process. The result’s a picture that may be zoomed in on to indicate excessive element of the pattern. The remaining pattern materials consists of mud and rocks as much as about .4 in (one cm) in measurement.

Image Credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold

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