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OSIRIS-REx Hoist Onto Rotation Stand

OSIRIS-REx being hoisted on rotation stand and rotated downwards inside the PHSF.

Posted on June 30, 2016 Full size 3000 × 2000

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Published inAsteroid Sampler Comm System Checks Complete
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About the OSIRIS-REx Mission

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, the first U.S. mission to collect a sample from an asteroid, will return to Earth on Sept. 24, 2023, with material from asteroid Bennu. When it arrives, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will release the sample capsule for a safe landing in the Utah desert. The pristine material from Bennu – rocks and dust collected from the asteroid’s surface in 2020 – will offer generations of scientists a window into the time when the Sun and planets were forming about 4.5 billion years ago. Learn more about the OSIRIS-REx mission.

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  • Guest Blog: Bennu and Some of the Biggest Science Questions of Our Generation
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  • 2019 – 2020: Choosing a Touchdown Site from a Sea of Hazards 
  • 2018: Arrival at Bennu — A World Full of Surprises 

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