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Mar 03 2020

Update on the OSIRIS REx Mission. Dr. Melissa A.Morris, ASRC Federal and NASA

Speaker: Dr. Melissa A.Morris a Senior Support Scientist with ASRC Federal and NASA.

Topic: Update on the OSIRIS REx Mission. OSIRIS Rex seeks answers to the questions that are central to the human experience: Where did we come from? What is our destiny? Asteroids, the left over debris from the solar system formation process, can answer these questions and teach us about the history of the sun and planets. OSIRIS REx will journey to the asteroid Bennu, map it and gather a physical sample and return the sample to earth.