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[ Beeping Sound ]

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>> PlanetVac is a novel
sample collection system used

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for pretty much any planetary
body, for a moon, for Mars;

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wherever you can imagine
we can use PlanetVac.

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What it does is kind of like
your vacuum, it creates an area

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of high pressure in the front,
uses an area of low pressure

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in the back to suck up sample.

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The best thing about
PlanetVac is how simple it is.

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So, what it's doing is it
fires pneumatics inside

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of a regolith.

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So, you might think like
out here in the desert,

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just kind of sandy
dirt kind of stuff.

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It could be on an asteroid,
it could be wherever,

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it's everywhere in the universe.

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So, we fire in there and
that's what we're collecting.

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So, we're not looking for, you
know, rocks, we're not drilling,

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we're collecting the stuff
that's off the surface.

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managing pressure

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>> Here we go.

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Masten ops to
all six second counting

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to start; six, five, four.

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>> Three, two, one.

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[ Rocket Sounds ]

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>> First the Masten rocket
lifts off, it translates

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over about a meter and lands
inside of our sample bin,

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which has our mars Mojave simulent in it.

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>> Alright, Honeybee
sampling in three, two, one.

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>> Firing.

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>> We remotely trigger
PlanetVac to collect sample,

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which lasts about 10 seconds.

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Then with an all-clear from
Masten we lift off again,

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translate back that one meter

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and land right back
where we started.

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[ Rocket Sounds ]

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So, The Flight Opportunities
program allowed us

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to take our PlanetVac
idea and actually strap it

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to Masten's rocket, putting
it in a situation where--

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that's more realistic
to what it might see

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in space really helps
raise the technology level

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and reduce risk.

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>> [Inaudible] at 320.

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>> 305.

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>> Oh!

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>> Oh guys.

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>> Yes.
>> We've got a lot.