OSIRIS-REx / OSIRIS-APEX

OSIRIS-REx / OSIRIS-APEX

NASA · Aerospace · 2016

Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security - Regolith Explorer. Collected 121.6 g of samples from asteroid 101955 Bennu using its TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) arm and returned them to Earth in September 2023 — the largest asteroid sample ever returned. Renamed OSIRIS-APEX for an extended mission to asteroid 99942 Apophis, arriving April 2029 just

CategoryAerospace
StatusActive
Year2016
OriginUSA
Height3150 mm
Weight2110 kg
Payload60 kg
Degrees of freedom3
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