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The mission will be titled Origins-Spectral Interpretation-Resource Identification-Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx, and will be the first U.S. mission to carry samples from an asteroid back to Earth.
Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2011
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NASA selected OSIRIS-REx after reviewing three concept study reports for new scientific missions, which also included a sample return mission from the far side of the moon and a mission to the surface of Venus.
Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2011
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After traveling four years, OSIRIS-REx will approach the primitive, near Earth asteroid designated 1999 RQ36 in 2020.
Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2011
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OSIRIS-REx will help refine RQ36's orbit to ascertain its trajectory and devise future strategies to mitigate possible Earth impacts from celestial objects.
Boing Boing Xeni Jardin 2011
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The OSIRIS-REx mission, led by researchers at the University of Arizona at Tucson, is one of three finalists for NASA's next space mission under the New Frontiers program.
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And recently Campins published a study about an asteroid similar to the one the OSIRIS-REx team has identified as a target for the upcoming NASA mission.
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News ServiceMarch 12, 2010 8: 24 PM An artist's concept of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft taking a sample from asteroid 1999 RQ36 Photograph by: NASA, xx Three
WN.com - Articles related to NASA mission prepares for study of Arctic glaciers 2010
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Lauretta says the OSIRIS-REx team has studied the Hayabusa mission "in excruciating detail" and will extend operations at the asteroid to some 15 months compared with Hayabusa's 6 weeks.
Naturejobs - All Jobs David Cyranoski 2010
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And recently Campins published a study about an asteroid similar to the one the OSIRIS-REx team has identified as a target for the upcoming NASA mission.
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The OSIRIS-REx mission, led by researchers at the University of Arizona at Tucson, is one of three finalists for NASA's next space mission under the New Frontiers program.
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NASA's "Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security – Regolith Explorer"
May 24, 2016