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PI BLOG: How REXIS Made It on the Spacecraft
January 21, 2016 -OSIRIS-REx has achieved many major milestones over the past month. Of the more signification accomplishments is the installation of the Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer on the spacecraft. The instrument team has successfully installed...
Student-Built Experiment Integrated onto NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
January 7, 2016 -A student-built experiment aboard NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has been integrated onto the spacecraft. The Regolith X-ray Imaging Spectrometer...
International Instrument Delivered for NASA’s 2016 Asteroid Sample Return Mission
December 17, 2015 -A sophisticated laser-based mapping instrument has arrived at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver for integration onto NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)...
PI BLOG: OSIRIS-REx Completes Mechanical Environmental Testing
December 15, 2015 -The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft continues to progress smoothly through the Assembly, Test, Launch and Operations (ATLO) process. This past month, the team successfully and safely completed sine vibration (sine vibe) testing prior to the...
PI BLOG: OSIRIS-REx Progressing through Environmental Testing
November 13, 2015 -Our spacecraft continues to make steady progress toward launch in September 2016. During the final stages of assembly, OSIRIS-REx completed final installation of the High Gain Antenna and completed solar array installation. After...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Begins Environmental Testing
October 21, 2015 -NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission is undergoing environmental testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems facilities, near Denver, Colorado. OSIRIS-REx will...
PI BLOG: OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Assembly Nearly Complete
October 9, 2015 -The OSIRIS-REx mission continues to make great progress. As I have mentioned before, we are in the Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations (ATLO) phase of the program. We have had many great accomplishments leading up to this point. At the...
PI BLOG: Populating the OSIRIS-REx Science Deck
August 31, 2015 -The assembly of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft continues, with many elements integrated onto the spacecraft ahead of schedule. Last month both OTES and OVIRS were delivered to Lockheed Martin and installed on the science deck. OTES had the...
University of Arizona Cameras Give Sight to NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
August 24, 2015 -From over two million kilometers away, a powerful camera on NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft will “see” the tiny asteroid Bennu for the first time,...
PI BLOG: Plot Twist: How I Became the OSIRIS-REx Videographer
August 12, 2015 -Guest Blogger: Symeon Platts. My name is Symeon Platts. I am a dog owner first and a cinematographer second. I graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts this past May, and I am now the...