What is the OSIRIS-REx Mission?

The OSIRIS-REx mission is an Asteroid Sample Return Mission
Exploring our Past, Securing our Future through Pioneering Asteroid Science

The OSIRIS-REx mission is an approximately $800 million (excluding the launch vehicle) NASA New Frontiers mission to return a sample of an asteroid to the Earth.
The OSIRIS-REx mission is a partnership of the University of Arizona, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Systems and Lockheed Martin with collaborators worldwide.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft launches in 2016, rendezvous with asteroid (101955) Bennu in 2018-2021 and returns the sample to Earth in 2023.

The OSIRIS-REx Mission is led by Principal Investigator Dante S. Lauretta of The University of Arizona, supported by a science team of Co-Is, with project management at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and development partnership with Lockheed Martin Space Systems. International contributions are provided by the Canadian Space Agency. The OSIRIS-REx mission was selected under the NASA New Frontiers Program. Additional information on NASA's New Frontiers Program is online here.

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