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OSIRIS-APEX: NASA’s Apophis Explorer MissionNASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS–REx) mission characterized and collected a sample from asteroid (101955) Bennu. Twenty minutes after releasing its sample return capsule to Earth’s surface on September 24, 2023, the spacecraft diverted into an orbit around the Sun that allows for subsequent close Earth flybys. On this trajectory, the spacecraft will approach Earth alongside asteroid (99942) Apophis in 2029, enabling a follow-on mission to another asteroid with the same unique capabilities that led to OSIRISREx’s groundbreaking scientific results: OSIRIS–Apophis Explorer, or “APEX” [
Document ID
20250001588
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Extended Abstract
Authors
D N DellaGiustina ORCID
(University of Arizona Tucson, United States)
M C Nolan ORCID
(University of Arizona Tucson, United States)
A T Polit
(University of Arizona Tucson, United States)
D R Golish ORCID
(University of Arizona Tucson, United States)
M C Moreau
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
A A Simon
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
S D Guzewich
(Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, United States)
Date Acquired
February 11, 2025
Subject Category
Lunar and Planetary Science and Exploration
Meeting Information
Meeting: Apophis T-4 Conference
Location: Tokyo
Country: JP
Start Date: April 9, 2025
Sponsors: USRA and Lunar Planetary Institute
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNM10AA11C
WBS: 558133.01.01.01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Use by or on behalf of the US Gov. Permitted.
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