UArizona-Led OSIRIS-REx Mission Plans for May Asteroid Departure
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona On May 10, NASAs OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will say farewell to asteroid Bennu and begin its two-year journey back to Earth, where the dust and rocks collected during the Touch-And-Go maneuver in October will be studied by scientists, including OSIRIS-REx mission principal investigator and University of Arizona planetary scientist Dante Lauretta. During its Oct. 20, 2020, sample collection event, the spacecraft collected a substantial amount of material from Be...
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