OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mechanism. Illustration of the mechanism that will be used by the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification
OSIRIS-REx asteroid sampling mechanism. Illustration of the mechanism that will be used by the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft to obtain samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu in 2018 for return to Earth in 2023. This sample-return mission, part of the NASA New Frontiers programme, is being carried out by NASA and the University of Arizona. The spacecraft launched on 8 September 2016. Its instruments include the OCAMS cameras, the OVIRS visible and infrared spectrometer, the OTES thermal emission spectrometer, the OLA laser altimeter, the REXIS X-ray spectrometer, and the TAGSAM sample return system.
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