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OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampler Enters Final Assembly

Wednesday, April 1, 2015 15:17
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Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard

Artist concept of OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to return samples from an asteroid to Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard

OSIRIS-Rex, NASA’s first ever spacecraft designed to collect and retrieve pristine samples of an asteroid for return to Earth has entered its final assembly phase.

Approximately 17 months from now, OSIRIS-REx is slated to launch in the fall of 2016 and visit asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich asteroid.

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Post tags: ARM, Asteroid Bennu, asteroid sample return, Asteroids, Bennu, carbon-rich asteroid, juno, Lockheed Martin, NASA, NASA Goddard, New Frontiers, new horizons 2015, origin of the solar system, Orion, Orion Crew Vehicle, OSIRIS-REx, search for organic molecules, ULA, United Launch Alliance

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