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The OSIRIS-REx team spent several months evaluating data from four candidate sites – dubbed Sandpiper, Osprey, Kingfisher and Nightingale – in order to identify the best option for the sample collection. (Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona) The OSIRIS-REx team spent several months evaluating data from four candidate sites – dubbed Sandpiper, Osprey, Kingfisher and Nightingale – in order to identify the best option for the sample collection.