Planets and Moons ID: 12227

NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission

Released on April 29, 2016

The OSIRIS-REx mission, launching in September 2016, plans to return a sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth in 2023 so that scientists can study pristine material left over from the early solar system.

Learn more at nasa.gov/osiris-rex and asteroidmission.org.

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Katrina Jackson (USRA):
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Narration

Dan Gallagher (USRA):
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Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona):
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Sophia Roberts (USRA):
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Chris Meaney (HTSI):
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Walt Feimer (HTSI):
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Michael Lentz (USRA):
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Chris Smith (Self):
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Tyler Chase (USRA):
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Rob Andreoli (AIMM):
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John Caldwell (AIMM):
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center