OSIRIS-REx gears up for 3-D mapping on the fly
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 11:31
in Astronomy & Space
Scheduled for launch on Sept. 8, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission will travel to an asteroid, study it and return a sample to Earth for analysis. All of these goals depend on accurate mapping of the target, Bennu, so the team is gearing up for the challenges of cartography of an asteroid.