OSIRIS-REx Earth Gravity Assist
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- Visualizations by:
- Michael Lentz
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When OSIRIS-REx flies by Earth on September 22, 2017, it will use our planet's gravity as a slingshot to catch asteroid Bennu. Complete transcript available.
Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.
Music provided by Killer Tracks:
"Origin" by Axel Tenner, Michael Schluecker, and Raphael Schalz
OSIRIS-REx is NASA's mission to explore near-earth asteroid Bennu, collect a sample, and return it to Earth. To get to Bennu, however, OSIRIS-REx must first leave the plane of Earth's orbit and match the orbital tilt of its target. On September 22, 2017, OSIRIS-REx will approach Earth and fly over its southern hemisphere, passing within 11,000 miles of Antarctica. This gravitational slingshot will bend its trajectory by six degrees, sending the spacecraft on a path to intercept Bennu. Shortly after the flyby, OSIRIS-REx will look back at Earth and take images and spectra, ensuring that its instruments are ready for arrival at Bennu in 2018.
Read more about the Earth gravity assist, or visit the NASA and University of Arizona mission websites.
Read more about the Earth gravity assist, or visit the NASA and University of Arizona mission websites.
For More Information
See NASA.gov
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animators
- Michael Lentz (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
- Adriana Manrique Gutierrez (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
- Krystofer Kim (KBRwyle)
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Project scientist
- Jason Dworkin (NASA/GSFC)
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Producer
- Dan Gallagher (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Aerospace engineer
- Dolan Highsmith (Aerospace Corp)
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Flight dynamics system
- Michael Moreau (NASA/GSFC)
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Principal investigator
- Dante Lauretta (The University of Arizona)
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