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PI BLOG: A Visit to the ATLO Floor
July 29, 2015 -Last month I finally got up close and personal with the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. I am now making regular visits to the Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility in Littleton, Colorado, where OSIRIS-REx is under construction [...]...
PI BLOG: OSIRIS-REx – Testing in Progress
July 15, 2015 -The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is in the assembly and testing phase at Lockheed Martin’s facility outside of Denver, Colorado. The instruments have begun to arrive at the facility, with OTES and OVIRS being delivered in the past weeks [...]...
OSIRIS-REx Reveals Details to Operate Asteroid Mission
July 10, 2015 -The first U.S. mission to return a sample from an asteroid is readying itself to take on the complex operations necessary for its journey in space. NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security - Regolith...
Second Instrument Delivered for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission
July 8, 2015 -An instrument that will explore the surface of a primitive asteroid in search of water and organic materials has arrived at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver for installation onto NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource...
OSIRIS-REx’s First Instrument Arrives for Integration Into Spacecraft
June 26, 2015 -A journey that will stretch millions of miles and take years to complete begins with a short trip to a loading dock. The first of five instruments for a spacecraft that will collect a sample from an asteroid and bring it back to...
OSIRIS-REx Team Prepares for Next Step in NASA’s Asteroid Sample Return Mission
June 22, 2015 -With launch only 15 months away, the team of the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, led by the University of Arizona, is preparing to deliver its instruments for integration with the spacecraft over the next several months....
PI BLOG: OSIRIS-REx – Seeking Answers to the Sweet Mystery of Life
April 28, 2015 -Guest Blogger: Jason Dworkin. The nature of the origin of life is a topic that has engaged people since ancient times. Where did we come from? What was the first life? How are we related? Are we alone? The study of biologic remains and...
PI BLOG: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission Will Use Vacuum Chamber for Testing Spacecraft Instruments
April 22, 2015 -Originally posted on LACO Technologies Tech Blog: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission will send a spacecraft in September 2016 to the asteroid Bennu in order to extract a sample and bring it back to earth. Bennu is a carbon-rich asteroid...
PI BLOG: Development of the OSIRIS-REx Sampling System: TAGSAM and the SRC
April 20, 2015 -In addition to continued progress in the building the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft and scientific instruments, the team at Lockheed Martin has been busy assembling and testing two key components of the system. The Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition...
OSIRIS-REx Mission Passes Critical Milestone
March 31, 2015 -NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has passed a...