What is OSIRIS-REx?
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UA builds cutting-edge analytical facility to prepare for a couple ounces of space dust.
Perfect launch sends tiny craft on a 4-billion-mile journey to bring back a handful of dust.
As OSIRIS-REx cruises to Bennu, Lauretta and his team are gearing up to receive its treasure.
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- University of Arizona counting down to asteroid mission
- UA-led mission to asteroid is ready for space
- Key dates in University of Arizona-led quest for asteroid pebbles
- Bennu asteroid like Goldilocks, just right for OSIRIS-REx mission
- OSIRIS-REx will 'high five' — not land — on asteroid
- Weather should not be problem for OSIRIS-REx launch
- Thursday is launch day for OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid
- University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission also scanning space for 'Trojan' asteroids
- UA-run HiRISE takes photos of Earth, moon as viewed from Mars orbit
- UA scientists worried about how political climate will affect science
- Mt. Graham telescope spots OSIRIS-REx spacecraft days before it swings to asteroid
- UA scientists thrilled with OSIRIS-REx photos of Earth as it heads to asteroid
- UA student in Japan working on space mission to return asteroid sample
- UA-led OSIRIS-REx mission catches first glimpse of asteroid Bennu
- University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx mission sets eyes on asteroid Bennu, begins approach phase
- Safely there: University of Arizona-led OSIRIS-REx arrives at asteroid Bennu
- University of Arizona-led space mission set for final fly-by of asteroid Bennu
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