NASA Prepares for First Asteroid Pattern Restoration Rehearsal for the OSIRIS-REx Mission June 27

supply from asteroid Bennu will arrive Sept. 24

(NASA) – NASA invitations media to attend the primary main asteroid pattern restoration rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx mission on Tuesday, June 27, to Wednesday, June 28, at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado.

OSIRIS-REx is the primary U.S. mission to seize a pattern from the floor of an asteroid and ship it again to Earth for the advantage of all. The supply from asteroid Bennu will arrive Sept. 24, and assist researchers examine the origins of organics and water that might have led to life on Earth.

Media could have the chance to:

■ Watch scientists and engineers conduct a pattern capsule restoration apply open air, with a further availability to view a clear room rehearsal the next day

■ Movie video and take pictures of the rehearsal actions

■ Interview mission consultants from NASA, the College of Arizona, and Lockheed Martin

■ Tour Lockheed Martin’s mission operations space from the place OSIRIS-REx is operated

Worldwide media ought to RSVP no later than 12 p.m. ET Thursday, June 15, to Lauren Duda at [email protected] to permit time for credentialing. U.S. media excited about attending one or each days of media actions ought to RSVP no later than 12 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 20, to Lauren Duda at [email protected].

Full protection of the rehearsal is as follows (all occasions Mountain).

Tuesday, June 27

■ 9 a.m. – Nominal Rehearsal of Pattern Return Capsule

■ 10 a.m. – Interview Availability with Mission Specialists

■ 11:30 a.m. – Tour Mission Operations Space

Wednesday, June 28

■ 9 a.m. – Watch Nominal Clear Room Rehearsal

■ 10 a.m. – Interview Availability with Mission Specialists

NASA’s Goddard Area Flight Heart in Greenbelt, Maryland, supplies total mission administration, methods engineering, and security and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. Dante Lauretta of the College of Arizona, Tucson, is the principal investigator.

The college leads the science group and the mission’s science statement planning and knowledge processing. Lockheed Martin Area constructed the spacecraft and supplies flight operations.

Goddard and KinetX Aerospace are chargeable for navigating the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Curation for OSIRIS-REx, together with processing the pattern when it arrives on Earth, will happen at NASA’s Johnson Area Heart in Houston.

OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, managed by NASA’s Marshall Area Flight Heart in Huntsville, Alabama, for the company’s Science Mission Directorate.

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