NASA Invites Media to New OSIRIS-REx, Asteroid Bennu Study Briefing

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	August 09, 2021  MEDIA ADVISORY M21-094 NASA Invites Media to New OSIRIS-REx, Asteroid Bennu Study Briefing web_around_bennu-orbits_bennu_stars.15100_print.jpg Still depicting the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s trajectory around asteroid Bennu from the initial arrival in Dec 2018 through the final departure in April 2021. The trajectory is presented in a Sun Bennu North reference frame. Credits: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 11, to discuss an important finding from NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx spent over two years near the asteroid Bennu, which is a third of a mile (500 meters) wide. During that time, the spacecraft gathered information about Bennu’s size, shape, mass, and composition while monitoring its spin and orbital trajectory. Before leaving the near-Earth object May 10, 2021, the spacecraft scooped up a sample of rock and dust from the asteroid’s surface. OSIRIS-REx will return the sample to Earth Sept. 24, 2023, for further scientific study.  Audio of the teleconference will stream live online at: http://www.nasa.gov/live Participants in the briefing will be: Dante Lauretta, study co-author and OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson Davide Farnocchia, study lead author and scientist with the Center for Near Earth Object Studies at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California Jason Dworkin, OSIRIS-REx project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Lindley Johnson, planetary defense officer at NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington To participate in the teleconference, media must contact Rani Gran at: rani.c.gran@xxxxxxxx by noon Wednesday, Aug. 11, for dial-in information. For more information about the OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex -end-
	Press Contacts Karen Fox / Alana Johnson/ Josh Handal Headquarters, Washington 301-286-6284 / 202-358-1501 / 202-358-2307 karen.c.fox@xxxxxxxx / alana.r.johnson@xxxxxxxx / Joshua.a.handal@xxxxxxxx Ian J. O’Neill Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-2649 ian.j.oneill@xxxxxxxxxxxx Rani Gran Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-332-6975 rani.c.gran@xxxxxxxx
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