OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth. In 2019, OSIRIS-Rex will approach asteroid 1999 RQ36, or “Bennu,” and begin to map the asteroid’s surface to select a sample site.Launch: September 2016Operating Network: Deep Space Network
OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth. In 2019, OSIRIS-Rex will approach asteroid 1999 RQ36, or “Bennu,” and begin to map the asteroid’s surface to select a sample site. Upon collecting a sample, OSIRIS-Rex will return to Earth in 2023.
Launch: September 2016Operating Network: Deep Space Network
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