13 December 2019
NASA selects Nightingale site for asteroid sample collection
... disturb the surface of the site, due to the asteroid’s microgravity environment. In any situation where a follow-on attempt at Nightingale is not possible, the team will try to collect a sample from site Osprey instead. "Bennu has challenged...
21 October 2020
OSIRIS-REx successfully touches asteroid Bennu
... Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM), in preparation of the sample acquisition at a collection site known as “Nightingale.” Nightingale is a moderately clear patch of rock around 16 metres in diameter, and was chosen for its relative...
