Planets and Moons  ID: 10960

OSIRIS-REx Animations

Released on February 1, 2013
There is a newer version of this story located here: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20360
THIS PAGE FEATURES OLDER CONTENT FOR OSIRIS-REx. NEWER CONTENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE OSIRIS-REx GALLERY.
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An overview video of the OSIRIS-REx mission.
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The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft apporaches asteroid Bennu.
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Another view of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft approaching asteroid Bennu.
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OSIRIS-REx performs remote sensing observations of asteroid Bennu.
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OSIRIS-REx deploys its Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechansim (TAGSAM) instrument.
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OSIRIS-REx collects a sample of asteroid Bennu.
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Exterior view of OSIRIS-REx collecting a sample of asteroid Bennu with its Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM).
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Cutaway view of the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) collecting a sample of asteroid Bennu.
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OSIRIS-REx performs a spin maneuver to dertermine the mass of the sample.
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OSIRIS-REx stores its sample of asteroid Bennu inside the Sample Return Capsule (SRC).
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OSIRIS-REx returns its sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth.
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A 360 degree view of OSIRIS-REx.
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Artist's conception of a near-Earth asteroid flying past our planet.
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An animation depicting the Yarkovsky effect, the effect of solar heating on a rotating asteroid.
 

Newer Versions

Thirty Seconds on Asteroid Bennu: Animation
OSIRIS-REx TAG Event: Real-time Animation
OSIRIS-REx TAG Event: Animations
OSIRIS-REx Mission Design: Earth Return Animations

Related

OSIRIS-REx L-14 Press Briefing Graphics
OSIRIS-REx Technology: OVIRS
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Student Scientists: Building REXIS
How Sunlight Pushes Asteroids
Instagram: Bennu's Journey
Bennu's Journey
Playing Tag With an Asteroid
OSIRIS-REx Mission Overview
OSIRIS-REx Targets Near-Earth Asteroid
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For More Information

http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/osiris-rex/index.html#.UwzCvY1qvrN

Credits

Chris Meaney (HTSI): Lead Animator
Chris Smith (HTSI): Animator
Tyler Chase (UMBC): Animator
Dan Gallagher (USRA): Producer
Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona): Scientist
Swarupa Nune (Vantage): Project Support
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Mission:
OSIRIS-REX

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SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> OSIRIS-REx
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