Pictures of the Hercules manipulator arm taking one of the first samples from the Western Massif. We hear Dr. Gretchen Fruh-Green describe the operation and then hear her on the intercom as she sat at University of Washington guiding and congratulating the pilot of the Hercules located on the ship over 4,500 miles away.

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