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The Osiris-rex sample return capsule

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just endured a lengthy 3.8
billion mile journey.

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But the adventure doesn't end
once it touches down.

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The landing zone itself is so large
and the terrain

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so difficult to navigate
that the recovery team delivers

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the capsule to the clean room
by helicopter.

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Joe's going to be

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the man
hauling the capsule out on the long line.

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And then Ryan McDonald is another member

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and he will be hauling scientists
along with myself.

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The rest of the captured team.

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So, Ben,
can you tell me about the actual procedure

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of taking the capsule on the long line?

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It's a 100 foot long synthetic line.

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It's got an electrical cord with it

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that will hook on the belly
of the helicopter.

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There you go.

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Point it out right here.

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Yep. That's the hook
that the line will go on.

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The pilot will lower this

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hook down to pick up the capsule.

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They'll fly it back to the clean room,
lower it down,

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and when he lowers it down hill, hit
a little button on this collective

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that will release that hook,
and he'll fly away with the long one.

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This is not a normal ride.

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Can you show us how you fly this
for this particular mission?

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Yeah.

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So in this helicopter,
when we're doing vertical reference,

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that's what you call it
when you have a line on

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Now to see the end of the line,
I'll be leaning out like this.

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It's a it's an awkward position
and kind of lean out and look back

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because my hooks can be right down
in the middle of the helicopter.

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It will be this button.

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This button here is the remote hook,
and that will keep the line on the belly,

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but it'll open that little green
remote hook when you push it forward on.

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The experience of these pilots
is all a part of preserving

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this pristine
sample of ancient solar system material.

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And we all cannot wait to see
what chemical compounds the capsule holds.