Planets and Moons ID: 10793

OSIRIS-REx Mission Overview

Released on May 16, 2013

OSIRIS-REx will visit a Near Earth asteroid called Bennu and return with samples that may hold clues to the origins of the solar system and perhaps life itself. It will also investigate the asteroid's chance of impacting Earth in 2182. For the mission, NASA has selected the team led by Principal Investigator Dr. Dante Lauretta from the University of Arizona. NASA GSFC will manage the mission and Lockheed Martin Space Systems will build the spacecraft. Arizona State University will supply the OTES instrument; NASA GSFC will supply the OVIRS instrument; the Canadian Space Agency will supply the OLA instrument; the University of Arizona will supply the OCAMS camera suite; Harvard/MIT will supply the REXIS instrument; and Flight Dynamics will supply the KinetX instrument.

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html

Credits

Chris Meaney (HTSI): Lead Animator
Tyler Chase (UMBC): Animator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Animator
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Video Editor
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Narrator
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer
Jason Dworkin (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Chris Smith (HTSI): Videographer

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center