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REXIS Will Image Bennu in X-Rays

Two people in protective gear examine hardware
REXIS can image X-ray emission from Bennu in order to provide an elemental abundance map of the asteroid's surface.

MIT graduate students Pronoy Biswas (left) and Mark Chodas prepare the Regolith X-Ray Imaging Spectrometer (REXIS) instrument for flight. REXIS can image X-ray emission from Bennu in order to provide an elemental abundance map of the asteroid’s surface.