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Episode 326: A new mission for Osiris REx

AZPM | By AZPM Staff
Published June 9, 2022 at 6:48 AM MST
Episode 326 Osiris-REx departing asteroid hero
NASA/University of Arizona
Illustration shows Osiris-REx departing asteroid Bennu.
Episode 326: A new mission for Osiris REx

The University of Arizona-backed satellite is headed home after collecting soil form the asteroid Bennu. UA astronomer Dani DellaGuistina describes how it will be redirected to observe the asteroid Apophis, which is headed for an extremely close approach to Earth.

Dani DellaGuistina spoke with Tim Swindle, director of the University of Arizona Space Institute.
AZPM Staff
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