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The cost of the OSIRIS-REx mission is approximately US$800 million, [26] not including the Atlas V launch vehicle, which is about US$183.5 million. [27] The OSIRIS-APEX extended mission costs an additional US$200 million. [16] It is the third planetary science mission selected in the New Frontiers program, after Juno and New Horizons.
The OSIRIS-REx mission successfully returned approximately 120 grams of material from Bennu to Earth in September 2023. The returned material is predominantly very dark, with reflectance values consistent with observations of Bennu's surface, though it contains some brighter inclusions and particles.
The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to Earth on 24 September with samples collected from asteroid Bennu. [2] NASA launched the Psyche spacecraft on 13 October 2023, an orbiter mission that will explore the origin of planetary cores by studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche, on a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle.
Nasa sent its Osiris-Rex spacecraft to Bennu in 2016, and it touched down on the distant asteroid in 2020, and scooped up a piece. Since then, it has been flying back towards Earth to drop the ...
After delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is heading to Apophis. The asteroid will come within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029.
After a process that took a couple of days, the OSIRIS-REx mission has stowed away the sample of regolith that it snatched from an asteroid last week. NASA confirms OSIRIS-REx has secured its ...
2023-08-19: 30 x 15 km [2] [39] [40] Mission failed before landing attempt. Chandrayaan-3: ISRO: Moon: 2023-08-23: 4.5 x 2.5 km [41] or 4 x 2.4 km [42] OSIRIS-REx return capsule: NASA: Earth: 2023-09-24: 30 x 80 km, [43] 14 x 58 km, [44] or 12 x 30 km [45] Sample return from an asteroid. Capsule landed ~ 8 km from the center. [45] Peregrine ...
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