OSIRIS-REx Touch and Go (TAG) Maneuver

OSIRIS-REx, a NASA New Horizons mission led by the University of Arizona, makes its first attempt to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu via the “Touch and Go” (TAG) maneuver.

University of Arizona president Dr. Robert C. Robbins speaks with Dr. Dante Lauretta, Principal Investigator for the OSIRIS-REx mission and professor of planetary sciences in the Lunar and Planetary Lab, about some of the mission highlights.

Topic(s)

Asteroids, comets, meteors

Date

October 16, 2020

Presenter(s)

Lauretta, Dante

Object(s)

Bennu

Mission(s)/Instrument(s)

OSIRIS-REx