University of Arizona: OSIRIS-REx's Successful Sample Delivery Marks the Start of Extended OSIRIS-APEX Mission
September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
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After dropping off its historic sample from asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is headed to its next target: another potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, called Apophis.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission just made history as the first U.S. mission deliver a piece of an asteroid to Earth. The mission, led by the University of Arizo . . .
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After dropping off its historic sample from asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is headed to its next target: another potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid, called Apophis.
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission just made history as the first U.S. mission deliver a piece of an asteroid to Earth. The mission, led by the University of Arizo . . .