After two and a half years of space operations near asteroid Bennu.... NASA’s first asteroid return mission OSIRIS-REx is ready to fire its engines...and bid farewell to Bennu. The sample of the asteroid will return to Earth in 2023. Joy Ng: Host Lauren Duda: Communications, Lockheed Martin Space Carey Parish: Propulsion Lead, Lockheed Martin Space Mike Moreau: Deputy Project Manager, GSFC Ryan Olds: Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Dante Lauretta: Principal Investigator, University of Arizona Jodi Zareski: Systems Lead, Lockheed Martin Space Jason Dworkin: Project Scientist, GSFC Nicole Lunning: Sample Curation, JSC Sandy Freund: Mission Operations Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Lori Glaze: Director, NASA Planetary Science Division
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GSFC_20210510_OSIRIS_Departure
Date Created
May 10, 2021
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GSFC
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GSFC, JSC, Lockheed Martin
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