[NTA] FW: REMINDER: Engage: OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go at Bennu – TODAY, Oct. 19
- From: "Ericsson, Aprille J." <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "aprille.j.ericsson" for DMARC)
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For the Science Astrophysics lovers in us
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Sent: Monday, October 19, 2020 10:16 AM
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Subject: REMINDER: Engage: OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go at Bennu – TODAY, Oct. 19
[A satellite in space Description automatically generated]A MESSAGE FROM THE
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center invites all agency employees to learn more
about the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return
mission<https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex> during a special virtual Engage
presentation today, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. EDT. OSIRIS-REx will attempt a historic
milestone on Oct. 20: the first sample collection from an asteroid’s surface by
NASA. During Touch-And-Go (TAG), the spacecraft will maneuver down to the
selected Nightingale site on Bennu’s rocky and dusty surface to collect a
sample for return to Earth in 2023.
Lucy Lim, OSIRIS-REx assistant project scientist, and Benjamin Ashman,
OSIRIS-REx independent verification and validation navigation team lead, will
provide an overview of the mission, science results to date and preparations
for TAG.
Click here<https://ustream.tv/channel/nasa-gsfc> to participate via UStream.
Questions for the speakers may be submitted ahead of time or during the
presentation here<https://arc.cnf.io/sessions/nyzp/#!/dashboard>.
Goddard provides overall mission management, systems engineering, and the
safety and mission assurance for OSIRIS-REx. Dante Lauretta of the University
of Arizona, Tucson, is the principal investigator, and the University of
Arizona also leads the science team and the mission’s science observation
planning and data processing. Lockheed Martin Space in Denver built the
spacecraft and provides flight operations. Goddard and KinetX Aerospace are
responsible for navigating the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. OSIRIS-REx is the third
mission in NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed by NASA’s Marshall
Space Flight Center for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate.
On Oct. 20, beginning at 5 p.m. EDT, NASA will have live coverage on NASA
Television and the agency’s website<https://www.nasa.gov/live> of the
spacecraft’s descent to the asteroid’s surface for its TAG maneuver.
Organized by the Goddard Office of Communications, the Engage series explains
Goddard’s work in support of NASA’s mission in a nontechnical setting, allowing
employees to share their newfound knowledge with family, friends and colleagues
outside of NASA.
*For internal purposes only.
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