Planets and Moons  ID: 12167

Student Scientists: Building REXIS

Released on March 14, 2016
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College students in Boston are getting the chance to help NASA explore an asteroid. These student scientists have built an instrument called REXIS, which will fly on the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that launches in September 2016. This video puts a spotlight on a group of these students and their experience on the REXIS project.

Watch this video on the NASAgovVideo YouTube channel.

 

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For More Information

http://www.asteroidmission.org

http://ssl.mit.edu/newsite/research/REXIS.php

Credits

Lead Producer:
David Ladd (USRA)

Lead Editor:
David Ladd (USRA)

Lead Videographer:
Rob Andreoli (AIMM)

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
OSIRIS-REX

This item is part of this series:
OSIRIS-REx Technology

Keywords:
SVS >> Asteroid
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> OSIRIS-REx
SVS >> Spectrometer
NASA Science >> Planets and Moons
SVS >> Bennu