OSIRIS-REx, NASA's first sample return mission to an asteroid, launched in September 2016 on a 7 year round trip to collect a sample from asteroid Bennu and return it to Earth for detailed analysis. The spacecraft delivered its precious cargo to Earth on 24th September 2023. Since then, the Curation and Sample Analysis Teams have been hard at work with initial characterisation and analysis of the pristine, 4.6 billion year old samples.
In this talk Sarah will give an overview of the OSIRIS-REx mission, and talk about some of the initial findings from the first few months of sample analysis.
Lecture (9 May 2024) | ||
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Thursday | 19:30 | - 21:00 |
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