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OSIRIS-REx’s sample-collection device took over from there. Resembling a Roomba vacuum on the end of a 10-foot-long pogo stick, the device pressed two inches into Bennu’s surface and then ...

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OSIRIS-REx is short for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer. It launched in September 2016 for the seven-year mission to Bennu and back.