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Image of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) taken with the spacecraft's SamCam camera NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona These images show the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) sampling head extended from the spacecraft at the end of the TAGSAM arm. The spacecraft’s SamCam camera captured the images on Nov. 14, 2018 as part of a visual checkout of the TAGSAM system, which was developed by Lockheed Martin Space to acquire a sample of asteroid material in a low-gravity environment.