University of Arizona: OSIRIS-REx Flies on as OSIRIS-APEX to Explore Its Second Asteroid
November 01, 2023
November 01, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission learned much about the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu and its risk to Earth. Now, the mission will change hands and target a different kind of potentially hazardous asteroid, Apophis.
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After seven years in space and over 4 billion miles traveled, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully collected and delivere . . .
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission learned much about the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu and its risk to Earth. Now, the mission will change hands and target a different kind of potentially hazardous asteroid, Apophis.
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After seven years in space and over 4 billion miles traveled, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission successfully collected and delivere . . .