After 7 years, the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission has completed successfully, giving us our first tangible bit of early solar-system material to study.
The OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Mission Was A Success
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OSIRIS-REx Passes By Earth For A Gravity Assist To The Asteroid Bennu
Today, September 22nd, 2017, the OSIRIS-REx mission passed by the planet Earth, just a little over a year since its launch, for a gravity assisted trajectory change to send it on its way to its target, the asteroid Bennu. Gravity assists are used often in missions as a method of fuel conservation. Traveling around the […]
Atlas V OSIRIS-REx Launch Highlights
An Atlas V rocket carrying the OSIRIS-REx probe successfully launched yesterday, September 8th, sending it’s payload on a course that will eventually, in 2018, bring it to the asteriod Bennu, a rocky body believed to contain large quantities of organic molecules, heavy metals, and other useful materials with a goal of returning a sample of […]
OSIRIS-REx Atlas V Mission Profile
Today, September 8th, 2016, marks the scheduled launch date for one of the newest NASA space probes, OSIRIS-REx. This craft is planned to study the asteroid 101955 Bennu, and eventually return a sample of it for study back on Earth. This is quite the ambitious mission, and follows many successful materials return missions dating back […]