OSIRIS-REx Farewell to Bennu: Animation
- Visualizations by:
- Jonathan North
- Produced by:
- Dan Gallagher
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OSIRIS-REx's departure sequence is the mission's largest maneuver since it arrived at Bennu in 2018. The thrusters have to change the spacecraft velocity by 266 meters per second (0.16 mile per second) for OSIRIS-REx's path to intersect Earth and achieve a successful sample return at the Utah Test and Training Range on September 24, 2023, between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. EDT.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Animator
- Jonathan North (KBRwyle) [Lead]
Producers
- Dan Gallagher (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- James Tralie (ADNET)
Technical support
- Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET)
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