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*NASA Invites Media to View Asteroid Sample Recovery Rehearsal*
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Artist’s concept of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collecting a sample from
the asteroid Bennu.
*/Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/*
NASA invites media to attend the first major asteroid sample recovery
rehearsal for its OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource
Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission on Tuesday, June
27, to Thursday, June 28, at Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado.
OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to capture a sample from the surface of
an asteroid and deliver it back to Earth for the benefit of all. The delivery
from asteroid Bennu will arrive Sept. 24, and help researchers study the
origins of organics and water that could have led to life on Earth.
Media will have the opportunity to:
* Watch scientists and engineers conduct a sample capsule recovery practice
outdoors, with an additional availability to view a clean room rehearsal
the following day
* Film video and take photos of the rehearsal activities
* Interview mission experts from NASA, the University of Arizona, and
Lockheed Martin
* Tour Lockheed Martin’s mission operations area from where OSIRIS-REx is
operated
International media should RSVP no later than noon ET Thursday, June 15, to
media interested in attending one or both days of media activities, should
RSVP no later than 12 p.m. ET Tuesday, June 20, to Lauren Duda at
Full coverage of the rehearsal is as follows (all times Mountain).
*Thursday, June 27*
* *9 a.m. *– Nominal Rehearsal of Sample Return Capsule
* *10 a.m. *– Interview Availability with Mission Experts
* *11:30 a.m. *– Tour Mission Operations Area  
*Friday, June 28*
* *9 a.m. *– Watch Nominal Clean Room Rehearsal
* *10 a.m. *– Interview Availability with Mission Experts
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, provides overall
mission management, systems engineering, and the safety and mission assurance
for OSIRIS-REx. Dante Lauretta of the University of Arizona, Tucson, is the
principal investigator. The university leads the science team and the
mission's science observation planning and data processing. Lockheed Martin
Space built the spacecraft and provides flight operations. Goddard and KinetX
Aerospace are responsible for navigating the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Curation
for OSIRIS-REx, including processing the sample when it arrives on Earth,
will take place at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
OSIRIS-REx is the third mission in NASA's New Frontiers Program, managed by
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency's
Science Mission Directorate.
For more information about OSIRIS-REx, visit:
*https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex [1]*
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[1] https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex