Playing Tag With an Asteroid
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- Chris Meaney
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"Playing Tag With an Asteroid" is a video demonstrating how OSIRIS-REx will use it's TAGSAM instrument to get a sample of the asteroid Bennu.
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Animator
- Chris Meaney (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Video editor
- David Ladd (AIMM)
Producer
- David Ladd (AIMM)
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