NASA to Host Media Teleconference on Asteroid Sample Return Mission

NASA News Releases <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:13:34 +0000 (UTC)

March 14, 2019 
MEDIA ADVISORY M19-017
NASA to Host Media Teleconference on Asteroid Sample Return Mission

NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 19, to announce new science from the agency’s first mission to return to Earth an asteroid sample that may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system.

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft launched Sept. 8, 2016, and began orbiting the asteroid Bennu on Dec. 31, 2018. Since its arrival at Bennu, the probe has been investigating the asteroid and searching for an ideal site for sample collection. 

Bennu is only slightly wider than the height of the Empire State Building and is the smallest body ever orbited by spacecraft. Studying Bennu with OSIRIS-REx will allow researchers to learn more about the origins of our solar system, the sources of water and organic molecules on Earth, and the hazards and resources in near-Earth space. 

The teleconference participants are:

Lori Glaze, acting director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division, Washington
	Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, University of Arizona, Tucson
	Coralie Adam, OSIRIS-REx flight navigator, KinetX, Inc. Space Navigation and Flight Dynamics, Simi Valley, Calif.
	Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REx project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

For dial-in information, media must send their name, affiliation and phone number to Lonnie Shekhtman at Lonnie.Shekhtman@xxxxxxxx by 10 a.m. March 19. 

Teleconference audio and visuals will stream live at:

https://www.nasa.gov/live 

For more information about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex

-end-

Press Contacts

Dwayne Brown / JoAnna Wendel

Headquarters, Washington

202-358-1726 / 202-358-1003
dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx / joanna.r.wendel@xxxxxxxx

Nancy Neal Jones

Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.

301-286-0039
nancy.n.jones@xxxxxxxx

NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. 
To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. 

	March 14, 2019 MEDIA ADVISORY M19-017 NASA to Host Media Teleconference on Asteroid Sample Return Mission NASA is hosting a media teleconference at 1:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 19, to announce new science from the agency’s first mission to return to Earth an asteroid sample that may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft launched Sept. 8, 2016, and began orbiting the asteroid Bennu on Dec. 31, 2018. Since its arrival at Bennu, the probe has been investigating the asteroid and searching for an ideal site for sample collection. Bennu is only slightly wider than the height of the Empire State Building and is the smallest body ever orbited by spacecraft. Studying Bennu with OSIRIS-REx will allow researchers to learn more about the origins of our solar system, the sources of water and organic molecules on Earth, and the hazards and resources in near-Earth space. The teleconference participants are: Lori Glaze, acting director, NASA’s Planetary Science Division, Washington Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator, University of Arizona, Tucson Coralie Adam, OSIRIS-REx flight navigator, KinetX, Inc. Space Navigation and Flight Dynamics, Simi Valley, Calif. Rich Burns, OSIRIS-REx project manager, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. For dial-in information, media must send their name, affiliation and phone number to Lonnie Shekhtman at Lonnie.Shekhtman@xxxxxxxx by 10 a.m. March 19. Teleconference audio and visuals will stream live at: https://www.nasa.gov/live For more information about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex -end-
	Press Contacts Dwayne Brown / JoAnna Wendel Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 / 202-358-1003 dwayne.c.brown@xxxxxxxx / joanna.r.wendel@xxxxxxxx Nancy Neal Jones Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-0039 nancy.n.jones@xxxxxxxx
	NASA news releases and other information are available automatically by sending an e-mail message with the subject line subscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe from the list, send an e-mail message with the subject line unsubscribe to hqnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.