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OSIRIS-REx

Also Known As OSIRIS-APEX
Space Probe

A NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission built by Lockheed Martin, launched in September 2016 to visit and collect samples from the carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu. It collected a 121.6 gram sample from Bennu in October 2020 and returned it to Earth in September 2023, the first US spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid; the spacecraft itself was then renamed OSIRIS-APEX for a follow-up mission to asteroid 99942 Apophis.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Space Probe 1
Launch Date
2016-09-08 1
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin 1
Status
Operational; renamed OSIRIS-APEX and redirected toward asteroid 99942 Apophis after its primary mission ended. 1
Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
Connections

Mission Of

OSIRIS-REx Mission, Missions and Programs
Source OSIRIS-REx (Wikipedia)

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source OSIRIS-REx (Wikipedia)OSIRIS-REx, Introduction section
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Manufactured By

Lockheed Martin

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • OSIRIS-REx, Launch section
    The launch was on 8 September 2016 at 23:05 UTC
  • OSIRIS-REx, Mission section
    Lockheed Martin Space Systems built the spacecraft
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OSIRIS-REx (Wikipedia)
  • OSIRIS-REx, Introduction section
    asteroid-study and sample-return mission
  • OSIRIS-REx, Extended mission section
    renamed as OSIRIS-APEX
  • In Group: Asteroid Probes, OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid. The material, returned in September 2023,
  • Part Of: OSIRIS-REx Mission, Lead paragraph, part-of
    OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid.
  • Mission Of: OSIRIS-REx Mission, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid.
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