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OSIRIS-REx Views the Earth During Flyby
September 26, 2017 -A color composite image of Earth taken on Sept. 22 by the MapCam camera on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. This image was taken just hours after the spacecraft completed its Earth Gravity Assist at a range of approximately 106,000...
NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Slingshots Past Earth
September 22, 2017 -NASA’s asteroid sample return spacecraft successfully used Earth’s gravity on Friday to slingshot itself on a path toward the asteroid Bennu, for a rendezvous next August. At 12:52 p.m. EDT on Sept. 22, the OSIRIS-REx (Origins,...
Large Binocular Telescope Snags First Glimpse of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Since Launch
September 8, 2017 -This set of magnified, cropped images shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft (highlighted in red) as it approaches Earth for its Sept. 22 Earth Gravity Assist. To improve visibility, the images have been inverted so that black and white are...
Spot the Spacecraft
September 6, 2017 -On Sept. 22, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will make a close approach to Earth, using the planet’s gravity to slingshot itself toward the asteroid Bennu. Over the course of several days, observatories and amateur astronomers with...
NASA’s Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft to Slingshot Past Earth
August 31, 2017 -NASA’s asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security - Regolith Explorer), will pass about 11,000 miles (17,000 kilometers) above Earth just before 12:52 p.m. EDT on...
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission Successfully Adjusts Course
August 25, 2017 -NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft fired its thrusters to position itself on the correct course for its upcoming Earth flyby. The spacecraft, which is on a two-year outbound journey to asteroid Bennu, successfully performed a precision course...
OSIRIS-REx Experts Featured in Asteroid Day Celebration
June 13, 2017 -Join the OSIRIS-REx mission and the University of Arizona for a special Asteroid Day presentation on Tuesday, June 27, featuring six experts exploring the most up-to-date asteroid science. Moderated by television host Geoff Notkin from the...
OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Search Tests Instruments, Science Team
March 24, 2017 -During an almost two-week search, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission team activated the spacecraft’s MapCam imager and scanned part of the surrounding space for elusive Earth-Trojan asteroids—objects that scientists believe may exist in one...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Takes Closer Image Of Jupiter
February 15, 2017 -During Earth-Trojan asteroid search operations, the PolyCam imager aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter (center) and three of its moons, Callisto (left), Io, and Ganymede. The image, which shows the...
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Takes Its First Image of Jupiter
February 14, 2017 -This magnified, cropped image showing Jupiter and three of its moons was taken by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s MapCam instrument during optical navigation testing for the mission’s Earth-Trojan Asteroid Search. The image...