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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record

Dec. 30, 2018

On December 31, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft entered into orbit around the asteroid Bennu, and made Bennu the smallest object ever to be orbited by a spacecraft.

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Keara Burke is an image processing intern on the UA-led OSIRIS-REx NASA mission.

UA Undergrad Works to ID OSIRIS-REx Touchdown Site

Dec. 9, 2018

Systems engineering and mathematics double major Keara Burke is helping NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft find the perfect place to collect samples on the asteroid Bennu.

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This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km). (Image: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

UA-Led OSIRIS-REx Discovers Water on Asteroid Bennu

Dec. 9, 2018

Observations made by the spacecraft during its approach of Bennu reveal that the asteroid interacted with water in its early history and is an excellent specimen for the mission, which is slated to return a sample of surface material to Earth in 2023.

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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Enters Close Orbit Around Bennu, Breaking Record

UA Undergrad Works to ID OSIRIS-REx Touchdown Site

UA-Led OSIRIS-REx Discovers Water on Asteroid Bennu