OSIRIS-REx Makes Its First Sampling Try at the Asteroid Bennu

OREx at Bennu

OSIRIS-REx Makes Its First Sampling Try at the Asteroid Bennu

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The University of Arizona-backed OSIRIS-REx mission reaches its biggest moment next week. Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta describes the step-by-step process the spacecraft will take as it tries to grab a sample of soil from the asteroid's surface.

Dante Lauretta spoke with Tim Swindle, director of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.

NPR

Topic(s)

Asteroids, comets, meteors
Planet formation

Date

October 15, 2020

Presenter(s)

Lauretta, Dante

Object(s)

Bennu

Mission(s)/Instrument(s)

OSIRIS-REx