NASA's asteroid sample return mission

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gptkbp:instanceOf space mission
gptkbp:analyzes ongoing after sample return
gptkbp:collaborations gptkb:University_of_Arizona
international partners
gptkbp:collection Touch-and-Go (TAG)
Nightingale crater
gptkbp:community_engagement educational outreach programs
high due to asteroid exploration
gptkbp:design_feature aeroshell design
gptkbp:electronic_warfare advancing planetary science
gptkbp:funding NASA_budget
gptkbp:future_plans return at least 60 grams of material
understand organic compounds
characterize_asteroid_Bennu
gptkbp:goal collect samples from an asteroid
gptkbp:historical_analysis conducted_on_Earth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NASA's asteroid sample return mission
gptkbp:impact informs future asteroid missions
study potential asteroid threats
gptkbp:instrument spectrometers
camera system
gptkbp:launched September 8, 2016
scheduled for 2023
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Atlas_V_411
gptkbp:location gptkb:Utah_Test_and_Training_Range
gptkbp:mission gptkb:OSIRIS-REx
sample collection
robotic exploration
expected to advance knowledge of asteroids.
regularly provided to the public
part_of_the_New_Frontiers_program
gptkbp:missionCapabilities successful sample collection and return
gptkbp:missions navigating to a small target
2016 to 2023
gptkbp:notableWork study the origin of the solar system
gptkbp:operates_in NASA
gptkbp:orbitalInclination December 3, 2018
gptkbp:research collaborates on research
gptkbp:research_areas NASA_laboratories
gptkbp:returnPolicy parachute deployment
gptkbp:storage gptkb:Johnson_Space_Center
gptkbp:targets gptkb:asteroid_Bennu
gptkbp:technique X-ray diffraction
gptkbp:tourism approximately 7 years
gptkbp:weight approximately 60 kg
gptkbp:yearEstablished 2023